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, 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
• Young adults when they turn 18, if they are already registered as a child. They will be registered as an adult, except if their parents extend their coverage as a student or if they are suffering from a functional impairment.

Please note that newborns whose parents are registered with the Public Prescription Drug Insurance Plan are themselves automatically registered.

Registration

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

• Your health insurance number
• The 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

The following persons cannot register online:

• 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