New medical and rehabilitation allowance

Authorised service providers

Authorised service providers are professionals who operate in accordance with the Social Security Act and provide services related to rehabilitation or treatment. Authorised service providers are responsible for preparing rehabilitation plans and confirmations and submitting these documents electronically to TR. In addition to the Social Insurance Administration, the following are defined as authorised service providers:

Municipal social services

The Directorate of Labour

Healthcare institutions

VIRK Vocational Rehabilitation Fund

These service providers have made agreements with other treatment and rehabilitation providers, and therefore the following providers are authorised to prepare and submit rehabilitation plans and confirmations:

• Krýsuvík

• Þraut

• Ljósið

• Hæfi

• Grænahlíð

• Hlaðgerðarkot

• Kjarkur

• Hugarafl

• Starfsendurhæfing Suðurlands (Vocational Rehabilitation of South Iceland)

• Starfsendurhæfing Vesturlands (Vocational Rehabilitation of West Iceland)

• Starfsendurhæfing Norðurlands (Vocational Rehabilitation of North Iceland)

• Starfsendurhæfing Vestfjarða (Vocational Rehabilitation of the Westfjords)

• Starfsendurhæfing Hafnarfjarðar (Vocational Rehabilitation of Hafnarfjörður)

• Hringsjá

Active rehabilitation

The aim of active rehabilitation is to increase an individual's ability to participate in employment, either partially or fully. The rehabilitation must take into account the individual's overall situation and aims to improve health and enhance work capacity.

Various things can fall under active rehabilitation, for example, physiotherapy, psychological services and rehabilitation provided by vocational rehabilitation centres or mental health teams.

Recognised treatment

Recognised treatment refers to medical treatment provided by a doctor or other healthcare professional.

The aim of recognised treatment is to increase an individual's ability to participate in employment, either partially or fully.

Authorised service providers prepare confirmations of recognised treatment, where information about the treatment is recorded along with the time period.

You can apply for 12 months at a time, but the right to an allowance begins on the first of the month after recognised medical treatment starts.

An example of recognised treatment is cancer treatment.

Waiting for treatment or rehabilitation - waiting allowance

Waiting for treatment or rehabilitation means that an individual is waiting for recognised treatment or rehabilitation to begin.

It is not enough for a doctor to have made a referral for a specific resource; the individual must have been accepted for the resource and be waiting for the rehabilitation or treatment to begin.

Authorised service providers prepare confirmations of waiting, where information about the treatment or rehabilitation being waited for is recorded along with the time period.

You can apply for up to 6 months at a time, but the right to an allowance begins on the first of the month after the individual is registered on a waiting list for a resource.

Ill health

Ill health means that an individual cannot begin rehabilitation or treatment because their ill health prevents the planned rehabilitation or treatment from starting.

This may be because an individual needs to recover from an illness, accident or trauma, and time must pass before they can undergo a medical procedure or begin rehabilitation.

Authorised service providers prepare confirmations of ill health, which include information about the ill health.

. In addition, information must be provided about possible treatment or rehabilitation that the individual would undergo after their health is restored.

You can apply for up to 6 months at a time, but the right to an allowance begins on the first of the month after the individual is considered to have a health impairment.