Will seniors and children choose medicines from the new year? The policyholder’s card ends, the Ministry of the Interior has good news! – Topky

Those who have an ID card with a chip can already fully enjoy the benefits of e-health. This has brought people several benefits, including the ability for doctors to access their electronic medical records. In addition, doctors can electronically issue an exchange ticket. All you need is an insured person’s card or an identity card with an electronic chip.

However, it is issued only from the age of 15, for seniors over 65 and for children under 15 it is not mandatory. However, they need it for examinations, drug selection, or an exchange ticket. However, until the end of this year, there is a transitional period during which those who do not have an electronic citizen can use the insurance card for these tasks. But what if this period ends? The Ministry of the Interior, which issues ID cards with a chip, has good news.

There are no need to worry about non-examinations

“Slovenská pošta has recently started delivering consignments with an identity card without a face to persons over 65 years of age and under 15 years of age who do not hold an identity card with an electronic chip. The Ministry of the Interior issues these documents and sends them to the citizen’s permanent residence address free of charge on the basis of data from the Register of Natural Persons, “ states the Ministry of the Interior. In other words, those who do not yet have a card do not have to worry that their doctors will not examine them. In the coming days, they will receive a tailor-made ID card.

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According to the rebirth of the interior, this civic one will serve as a means of access to the patient’s health card, the so-called eHealth. “Not it is therefore possible to use it, for example, as a travel document. The ID card without the form of a face is visually identical to the standard ID card, but it does not contain all the person’s identification data (photograph and signature of the holder), “they explained from the ministry.

How valid will it be?

However, the Ministry insured itself and also thought of those who are on vacation or at work. If the “postman” does not reach you at the place of permanent residence, you will then find the so-called yellow ticket for storing the shipment at the nearest post office. However, if you do not have time to collect your identity card within the collection period, it will be possible to do so at the documents department of the District Directorate of the Police Force according to your place of residence.

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And how much does such a card hold? “According to the Act on Identity Cards, an identity card without a face is automatically issued upon the birth of a citizen, upon granting citizenship of the Slovak Republic to a person under 15 years of age, and upon registration of a citizen under 15 years of age for permanent residence in the Slovak Republic. A face-free ID card issued to persons under 15 years of age will be valid for 15 years, resp. until the issue of a standard OP with a photograph at the age of 15. Its validity will not be affected by the issue of an identity card to the child for the purpose of travel: a minor may hold both documents. ” explained the resort.

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In the case of seniors over the age of 65, the card is also issued for 15 years, but if the pensioner decides that he wants a standard civic card with a chip, and not the one specially created for eHealth, he will hand it over when taking it over. “The Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic estimates that for the Health project it will be necessary to issue electronic documents for approximately 900,000 citizens under the age of 15 and for 400,000 citizens over the age of 65, ” closed the interior department.