Is it illegal to lend your social security card to others?

Social security cards cannot be lent to others.

Whoever fraudulently uses another person's social security card or lends his social security card to another person to defraud social insurance benefits will be given a lighter punishment, such as card suspension, refund, blacklisting, etc., and the social insurance administrative department will order him to return the defrauded social insurance money and impose a fine of not less than two times but not more than five times the amount defrauded.

Eight functions of social security card:

1, personal social security related information records, electronic certificates and information inquiry, etc. ;

2. Record the insured's name, ID number, date of birth, gender, nationality, household registration and other basic information;

3, query my pension, unemployment, medical care, work injury and maternity insurance payment;

4. You can take the card to the hospital and go to the pharmacy to buy medicine;

5 for medical care, unemployment, pension, work injury, maternity and other social security affairs;

6. Query the total amount of endowment insurance and medical insurance;

7. Handle social security affairs such as receiving pensions, job hunting and unemployment registration, and even participate in vocational training;

8. It will have multiple functions of a card, such as paying water and electricity bills, swiping a card by bus and electronic wallet.

To sum up, the social security card refers to the integrated circuit card issued by human resources and social security departments in various business fields of human resources and social security.

Legal basis:

People's Republic of China (PRC) social insurance law

Article 4

Employers and individuals in People's Republic of China (PRC) pay social insurance premiums according to law, and have the right to inquire about payment records and personal rights records, and require social insurance agencies to provide social insurance consultation and other related services.

Individuals enjoy social insurance benefits according to law and have the right to supervise the payment of their own units.

Article 5

The people's governments at or above the county level will incorporate social insurance into the national economic and social development plan.

The state raises social insurance funds through multiple channels. People's governments at or above the county level shall give necessary financial support to social insurance.

The state supports social insurance through preferential tax policies.