Health Insurance
(Evidence) (Jersey) Order 2008
1 Interpretation
In this Order, unless the context otherwise
requires –
“Identity Card” means a card issued in accordance with
this Order as evidence of an insured person’s entitlement to benefit
under the Law;
“Law” means the Health Insurance (Jersey)
Law 1967.
2 Issue
and custody of Identity Cards etc.
(1) Every insured person
shall, before he or she becomes entitled to claim benefit in accordance with
Article 6 of the Law, apply to the Minister for and obtain an Identity
Card.
(2) An application for an
Identity Card shall be made in such manner as approved by the Minister and an
insured person shall furnish to the Minister such information and such
documents as the Minister may require.
(3) The Identity Card shall
be in such form as the Minister may from time to time specify.
(4) Where an Identity Card
has been sent or returned to an insured person in accordance with this Order,
the insured person shall be responsible for its custody unless and until it is
delivered or re-delivered to the Minister.
(5) However, an insured person
may give custody of his or her Identity Card –
(a) to
any child of his or her household so as to enable medical services for which
medical benefit will be payable to be provided to such child;
(b) to
any person so as to enable that person to collect pharmaceutical benefit on
behalf of the insured person.
(6) If an Identity Card is
destroyed or lost, or is defaced in any material particular, the insured person
shall apply to the Minister for and obtain a new Identity Card.
3 Signing
of Identity Card
When an Identity Card is issued to an insured person, the insured person
shall forthwith sign the Card with his or her usual signature.
4 Delivery
of Identity Cards and reporting of change in circumstances to Minister
(1) An insured person shall
deliver his or her Identity Card to the Minister at any time on being required
so to do by the Minister.
(2) Where there is any
change in circumstances relating to an insured person’s entitlement to
benefit, whether in respect to the insured person or any child of his or her
household, the insured person shall furnish to the Minister such information
and documents relating to the change in circumstances as the Minister may
require.
5 Surrender
of Identity Cards
(1) Where an insured person
dies, his or her executor or administrator shall surrender the insured person’s
Identity Card to the Minister and shall furnish to the Minister such
information and documents relating to the death as the Minister may require.
(2) Where an insured person
proposes to leave Jersey and does not intend to return within 3 months
from the date of his or her departure, he or she shall surrender his or her
Identity Card to the Minister and shall furnish to the Minister such
information and documents relating to his leaving as the Minister may require.
6 Citation
This Order may be cited as
the Health Insurance (Evidence) (Jersey) Order 2008.