National Health Insurance Act Article 16
The Insurer must produce and distribute a National Health Insurance (NHI) Card with an electronic information processing function to store and send information to the beneficiary. However, the card may not store any information not used for medical care purposes or those unrelated to the beneficiary receiving insurance medical services.The Insurer may charge a reasonable administrative fee for the reissuance and replacement of the preceding NHI Card. The methods governing the production, issuance, reissuance, replacement, data access, transmission, content utilization, usage management, and other related matters shall be drafted by the Insurer and submitted to the Competent Authority for approval and promulgation.
中文原文 全民健康保險法第16條
保險人得製發具電子資料處理功能之全民健康保險憑證（以下稱健保卡），以存取及傳送保險對象資料。
但不得存放非供醫療使用目的及與保險對象接受本保險醫療服務無關之內容。
前項健保卡之換發及補發，保險人得酌收工本費；其製發、換發、補發、得存取及傳送之資料內容與其運用、使用管理及其他有關事項之辦法，由保險人擬訂，報主管機關核定發布。
但不得存放非供醫療使用目的及與保險對象接受本保險醫療服務無關之內容。
前項健保卡之換發及補發，保險人得酌收工本費；其製發、換發、補發、得存取及傳送之資料內容與其運用、使用管理及其他有關事項之辦法，由保險人擬訂，報主管機關核定發布。