Can an out-of-state social security card be used locally?

Yes. However, you need to apply for the transfer of social security, once transferred to the local, go back to the original home will not be able to use.

In order to ensure that participants who have changed their place of work or study can use their social security cards normally, they can go to the social security office with their ID cards and social security cards to apply for the transfer of social security cards.

If a participant has a record of paying contributions to social security outside the scope of coordination, he or she needs to go to the social security agency in the original place of participation to issue a certificate of participation and payment, and then go to the social security bureau to apply for social security transfer procedures, so that the social security paid by the original place of participation can be transferred to the account of the social security of the current place of participation.

The main function of the social security card is to provide medical treatment and real-time settlement. Social security cards loaded with financial functions also have the function of a savings card.

The social security card contains 18 items of insurance information and information on the accumulation of outpatient expenses and hospitalization expenses. (The 18 items of information include: social security card number, social security number, health insurance manual number, name, gender, date of birth, ethnicity, type of insurance, type of insured person, affiliation, level of military disability, referral hospitals, referral time limit, designated hospitals for special illnesses, effective date of quota management, SARS identification, identification of supplemental medical insurance, and identification of medical activation).

Reference:

Baidu Encyclopedia - Social Security Card