DHA calls on sponsors to renew health insurance
DUBAI 25 December 2017: The Dubai Health Authority, DHA, has called on individual sponsors and company owners in Dubai to renew health insurance of their employees and dependents to avoid any fines.
Dr. Haidar Al Yousef, Director of the Health Funding Department at the DHA, said that sponsors and company owners who violate the Dubai Insurance Law No. 06 of 2017 by not renewing their employees and dependent’s insurance every year will be fined AED500 per person for each month, said Wam.
He added that the fine will be deducted automatically via the electronic system during residence visa renewal.
Dr. Al Yousef revealed that 14 pharmacies and clinics were fined between AED20,000 to AED60,000 for violating and trying to manipulate the Dubai mandatory Health Insurance law.
Dubai Health Insurance Law No. 11 of 2013 was adopted under the directives of the Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
According to the Dubai Health Insurance Law, which came into effect in January 2014, a sponsor has a legal obligation to provide an essential insurance package, fixed between AED550 and AED700, so that those with salaries under AED4,000 receive adequate cover.