Register for or deregister from the Public Prescription Drug Insurance Plan

Procedure for registering with the Public Prescription Drug Insurance Plan

If you are not sure whether you are eligible for the RAMQ public plan, refer to the page Know the eligibility conditions for the public plan.

Automatic registration

For the following persons, registration for the Public Prescription Drug Insurance Plan is done automatically; they have nothing to do:

• Persons who turn 65
• Recipients of financial assistance program with claim slips (carnet de réclamation) and other holders of claim slips (carnet de réclamation) and their children
• Persons registered as children, when they turn 18: they will be registered as an adult, except if their parents extend their coverage (person studying or suffering from a functional impairment)
• Newborns whose parents are registered with the Public Prescription Drug Insurance Plan.

Registration

You can register for the Public Prescription Drug Insurance Plan online or by telephone. You will have to provide the following information:

• Health Insurance Number
• End date of your eligibility for a private plan

Online

You can register online if you are between ages 18 and 64 and in one of the following situations:

• Single
• Living with a spouse (without a child)
• Living with a spouse and one or more children (they must be biological or adoptive children of the couple)
• Head of a single-parent family

To register online, you must have a Government Authentication Service account. If you do not have one, you can create one when you register for the Public Prescription Drug Insurance Plan.

By telephone

The following persons must register by telephone:

• Separated spouses with a child or children
• Members of a blended family
• Students aged 18 to 25 who do not meet the definition of a child
• Persons aged 65 or older who have cancelled their automatic registration