Registration – To register
To benefit from the Public Prescription Drug Insurance Plan, it is necessary to register. The Régie invites you to do so online (if your family situation and age allow you to use this service).
You can also register by calling the Régie. Make sure to have your Health Insurance Card on hand.
To extend the coverage of a child
under age 18
Persons who
turn 18 may, if they are full-time students, do not have a spouse and live with their parents, remain covered by the public
plan as a child. In this case, the
person's parents must contact the
Régie to request that the person's
coverage as a child be extended.
Certain persons are automatically registered for the public plan and are therefore not required to take any steps themselves. These persons include:
Recent drug purchases
In addition, if you purchased covered drugs prescribed by a health professional before contacting the Régie to register, ask your pharmacist to check whether the cost may be reimbursed to you. In this regard, the Act respecting prescription drug insurance specifies that the only prescription drugs reimbursable are those received within three months preceding registration.
Please note
Certain persons mistakenly believe that by paying a premium through their income tax they are automatically registered for the Public Prescription Drug Insurance Plan. Actually, the only way for them to register for the public plan is to contact the Régie directly, unless they belong to a category of persons whom the Régie registers for the public plan automatically.
Pharmacists cannot register anyone for the public plan.
