Law No. 71, The Cooperative Health Insurance Law
Date Adopted / Created / Concluded
The purpose of Law No. 71 is to provide and regulate healthcare to all non-Saudi residents.
Sultani Decree No. 72/1991, The Social Insurance Law
Date Adopted / Created / Concluded
Decree No. 72 was enacted to ensure the implementation of a mandatory health insurance system of basic health services to all Omani citizens, GCC citizens, residents and visitors. It also holds the employer responsible for payment of health insurance premiums for non-Omani employees and members of their families and holds the sponsor responsible for payment of those premiums for sponsored individuals.
Amiri Decree-Law No. 12 of 1977
Date Adopted / Created / Concluded
Decree-Law No. 12 temporarily suspends the application of certain provisions of the Law on Social Insurance, Decree Law No. 24/1976 and amended by Decree Law No. 27/1976, to non-Bahrainis.
Decree No. 24 of 1976
Date Adopted / Created / Concluded
Decree No. 24 provides a framework for social insurance for both nationals and non-nationals, states the employer is required to display in a prominent location at the workplace and an announcement about the entity responsible for treating his workers and the procedures that must be followed by the latter in cases of injury at work or outside it, and that a foreigner leaving the country permanently who has subscribed to the social insurance for more than three years shall be paid his dues that were paid to the General Authority to participate in the social insurance, his indemnity, and an annual interest rate of 5%.