The Régie issues a Health Insurance Card to persons eligible for the Québec Health Insurance Plan. Because the Health Insurance Card gives access to insured healthcare services, it is important for insured persons to carry their card with them at all times.

Information appearing on a Health Insurance Card

1. A Health Insurance Number, unique to each person, consisting of:
   • the first three letters of the last name;
   • the first letter of the first name;
   • the last two digits of the year of birth;
   • the month of birth (to which 50 is added to indicate female);
   • the day of birth;
   • an administrative code used by the Régie.
   
   
2. The person's identity:
   • first name (if the number of characters in the first name exceeds the space available, only the initial will appear on the card);
   • last name at birth;
   • husband's last name, if requested by a woman married before April 2, 1981 or by a woman married outside Québec who exercises her civil rights under that name;
   • the number of cards issued to the person since 1984.
   
   
3. The person's birthdate and sex.
   
   
4. The year and month of expiry.
   
   
5. The person's photograph and signature, both of which are digitized and incorporated into the card. Cards issued to persons not required to provide a photo and a signature, such as children under age 14, have no photo or signature spaces, while cards issued to persons exempt from providing their photo, their signature or both, are marked "exempté" in the appropriate space(s).

Back of card

The back of the Health Insurance Card is used by the ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux to enable the cardholder to consent to an organ donation.

Other information about the Health Insurance Card

Consult the appropriate page for other information about the Health Insurance Card:

• Use of Your Card
• Validity Period
• Photo and Signature
• Renewal of Your Card
• Replacement of a Lost, Stolen or Damaged Card
• Correction of Information
• Finding a Lost Card