Regulations on temporarily blocking the validity of health insurance cards

The Lao Dong Newspaper Legal Consulting Office replied:

Clauses 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Article 12 of Decree No. 188/2025/ND-CP stipulate as follows:

3. The health insurance card is temporarily detained or temporarily locked in use in the case specified in Clause 2, Article 20 of the Law on Health Insurance.

4. When detecting violations as prescribed in Clauses 1, 2 and 3 of this Article, medical examination and treatment facilities shall notify the social insurance agency.

5. The social insurance agency revokes, temporarily detain or temporarily locks the value of the health insurance card when detecting or receiving notification from the medical examination and treatment facility about violations specified in Clauses 1, 2 and 3 of this Article.

6. When revoking, temporarily holding or temporarily locking the validity of health insurance cards, the social insurance agency must notify the health insurance participant.

7. The health insurance card that is temporarily locked or temporarily detained shall be returned when the person lending the card to another person and the user of another person's health insurance card have fulfilled their obligations to pay the fine and remedial measures (if any) according to the decision on administrative sanctions for the case specified in Clause 3 of this Article.

Thus, the temporary suspension of the validity of the health insurance card is regulated as above.