Can I swipe my social security card for medical examination?

You can't brush the social security card for the physical examination.

The activation method of social security card is as follows:

1. When the user receives the social security card for the first time, he can ask the on-site staff to help activate the social security card;

2. On-the-job employees can call the social security service hotline to help activate the social security card through manual customer service;

3. If the user is busy, you can also entrust others to handle it. The trustee should hold the social security card, power of attorney and personal identity documents to the social security agency for activation;

4. Use it for the first time in a designated medical insurance hospital or pharmacy for activation.

The employing unit shall, within 30 days from the date of employment, apply to the social insurance agency for social insurance registration for its employees. If the social insurance has not been registered, the social insurance agency shall verify the social insurance premium it should pay. Social insurance is an important part of the social security system and occupies a core position in the whole social security system.

legal ground

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

Article 58

The employing unit shall, within 30 days from the date of employment, apply to the social insurance agency for social insurance registration for its employees. If the social insurance has not been registered, the social insurance agency shall verify the social insurance premium it should pay. Employees-free individual industrial and commercial households who voluntarily participate in social insurance, part-time employees who do not participate in social insurance in the employing unit and other flexible employees shall apply to the social insurance agency for social insurance registration. The state establishes a national unified personal social security number. Personal social security number is a citizen's identity number.