Dutch Legislation

Chapter IV

in force

Voluntary insurance

Sickness Benefits Act (ZW) (Ziektewet (ZW)) · Articles: 36

Section None

Voluntary insurance

64 Article 64

The Employee Insurance Agency (Uitvoeringsinstituut werknemersverzekeringen) is obliged to admit to the voluntary insurance in accordance with the…

65 Article 65

The period of one year or three years, as referred to in Article 64, paragraph 1, subparagraph (c) and (d) respectively, shall be deemed not to have…

66 Article 66

The petition for admission to the voluntary insurance shall be submitted to the Employee Insurance Agency (Uitvoeringsinstituut…

67 Article 67 repealed
67a Article 67a

The Employee Insurance Agency (Uitvoeringsinstituut werknemersverzekeringen) shall terminate the voluntary insurance:

68 Article 68

The person who petitions for admission to the voluntary insurance referred to in Article 64, paragraphs 1 and 2, shall determine the amount of the…

69 Article 69

The voluntarily insured person is entitled to sickness benefit if he is unfit to perform work suitable for him due to illness, pregnancy or…

70 Article 70

The sickness benefit of the voluntarily insured person who, in the event of incapacity for work due to illness, cannot claim payment of wages as…

71 Article 71

The Employee Insurance Agency (Uitvoeringsinstituut werknemersverzekeringen) shall establish further rules regarding voluntary insurance. These rules…

72 Article 72

With regard to the provisions laid down by or pursuant to this Chapter, the other provisions of this Act and the decrees adopted for the…

Section Derde

Provisions in connection with the General Administrative Law Act and appeal in cassation

72a Article 72a

By way of derogation from Article 1:2 of the General Administrative Law Act (Algemene wet bestuursrecht), the employer is not an interested party in…

72b Article 72b repealed
72c Article 72c

An application for the issuance of a decision regarding the status of being insured under this Act may be submitted by the employee exclusively to…

72d Article 72d repealed
73 Article 73

By administrative regulation, rules may be established regarding the processing of notices of objection against decisions based on a medical…

73a Article 73a

If an objection is lodged against a decision based on a medical-insurance or labor-expert assessment as referred to in Article 19ab, paragraph 1, the…

73b Article 73b

An objection or appeal by an employer against the payment referred to in Article 63a, paragraph 3, or against the recovery referred to in Article…

74 Article 74

By way of derogation from Article 7:10, paragraph 1, of the General Administrative Law Act (Algemene wet bestuursrecht), the Employee Insurance…

75 Article 75

For the purposes of this paragraph, the following definitions shall apply:

75a Article 75a repealed
75b Article 75b

The inspection of, or the taking cognizance of, or the forwarding of documents containing medical data is reserved for the occupational physician or…

75c Article 75c

The Employee Insurance Agency (Uitvoeringsinstituut werknemersverzekeringen) shall state the grounds for a medical decision, insofar as they relate…

75d Article 75d

Upon the notification of a medical decision, reference shall be made to Articles 75b, 75c and 75e.

75e Article 75e

The grounds for the objection or appeal, as referred to in Article 6:5, paragraph 1, subparagraph d, of the General Administrative Law Act (Algemene…

75f Article 75f

If Article 8:32, second paragraph, of the General Administrative Law Act (Algemene wet bestuursrecht) has been applied, in deviation from Article…

75g Article 75g

Article 75f applies mutatis mutandis to the hearing of the appeal and to the hearing of a petition for a provisional remedy.

75j Article 75j

This paragraph applies to disputes of a medical nature regarding the existence or continued existence of incapacity for work.

75k Article 75k

In deviation from Article 6:7 of the General Administrative Law Act (Algemene wet bestuursrecht), the period for submitting a notice of objection in…

75l Article 75l

In deviation from Article 7:4, paragraph 1, of the General Administrative Law Act (Algemene wet bestuursrecht), interested parties in a dispute as…

75m Article 75m

Against judgments of the Central Appeals Tribunal (Centrale Raad van Beroep), any of the parties may lodge an appeal in cassation in respect of a…

Section Vierde

Entitlement to remuneration and reintegration obligations of public sector personnel

76 Article 76

This section applies to persons who:

76a Article 76a

In the event of an impediment due to incapacity resulting from illness, pregnancy, or childbirth to perform the service or fulfill the office, a…

76b Article 76b

By means of a generally binding regulation, it may be provided that the claim referred to in Article 76a, paragraph 1, does not exist if:

76c Article 76c

The claim referred to in Article 76a, paragraph 1, shall be reduced by:

76d Article 76d

If the person concerned had, prior to the commencement of his employment or assumption of office, entered into an agreement to insure against the…

76e Article 76e

The employer towards whom the person, referred to in Article 76, is bound to perform work by virtue of a public law appointment, shall promote, with…