A referral to an NHF-funded sanatorium can be issued by a General Practitioner or a specialist, according to the indications and contraindications for sanatorium treatment. It is issued in paper form and has to be sent or brought to the Service Point for the Insured (Punkt Obsługi Ubezpieczonych) at Wadowicka 8W, 30-415 Krakow. The referral’s status can be checked in the referral browser by providing the referral number and the patient’s date of birth at https://skierowania.nfz.gov.pl or in the Online Patient Account.