Regulations Governing the Production and Issuance of the National Health Insurance Card and Data Storage and Access Article 3
A beneficiary shall apply to the Insurer for the issuance of an NHI Card from the date the beneficiary meets the subscription requirements set forth by the Act and completes the declaration of insurance subscription.A beneficiary who has damaged or lost his or her NHI Card or wishes to change his or her photos or identification information thereon shall apply to the Insurer for reinssuance or replacement of his or her NHI Card.The Insurer may entrust a private institution or government institution (agency) to receive the application data on behalf of the Insurer.After the Insurer issues an NHI Card prescribed in Paragraphs 1 and 2, a beneficiary may apply to the Insurer, through the mobile health insurance identity verification mechanism, for the virtual version of the said NHI Card (a virtual NHI Card), which may be used for medical care under certain conditions determined by the Insurer.The Insurer shall publish the information on how to apply for an NHI Card referred to in Paragraphs 1 and 2 or a virtual NHI Card referred to in the preceding paragraph on the Insurer’s global website and may also use other appropriate means to make such information widely known to the public.The provisions of the Regulations relating to an NHI Card apply mutatis mutandis to a virtual NHI Card.
中文原文 全民健康保險保險憑證製發及存取資料管理辦法第3條
保險對象於首次符合本法投保資格之規定，並完成申報投保手續之日起，應向保險人申請製發健保卡。
健保卡毀損、遺失、變更相片或身分資料之情形時，應向保險人申請換發、補發。
保險人得委由民間機構或政府機關（構），代收申請資料。
保險人發給第一項、第二項健保卡後，保險對象得透過行動健保身分識別機制，向保險人申請加發電子形式之虛擬卡，於保險人同意之就醫情形使用之。
第一項、第二項健保卡及前項虛擬卡之申辦方式，保險人應公布於其全球資訊網站，並得以其他適當之方法廣為周知。
本辦法有關健保卡之規定，於虛擬卡準用之。
健保卡毀損、遺失、變更相片或身分資料之情形時，應向保險人申請換發、補發。
保險人得委由民間機構或政府機關（構），代收申請資料。
保險人發給第一項、第二項健保卡後，保險對象得透過行動健保身分識別機制，向保險人申請加發電子形式之虛擬卡，於保險人同意之就醫情形使用之。
第一項、第二項健保卡及前項虛擬卡之申辦方式，保險人應公布於其全球資訊網站，並得以其他適當之方法廣為周知。
本辦法有關健保卡之規定，於虛擬卡準用之。