Criteria one has to meet to obtain a medical card:
1. According to the Government Medical Institutions and Services Laws of 1978 to 2013, no benefit is granted to a person unless that person:
i. contributed to the Social Insurance scheme for a minimum period of three years. Assimilated insurance periods are included, and
ii. at the date of application for healthcare benefits, has submitted personal income tax declaration, in pursuant of Article 5 provisions of the Assessment and Collection of Taxes Laws.
2. As a rule Medical Cards are issued to Cypriots and EU citizens who reside permanently in Cyprus .
Medical Card is issued to the following persons:
i. Persons without dependants whose annual income does not exceed €15,400.00.
ii. Members of families whose annual income does not exceed €30,750.00, increased by €1,700.00 for each dependent child.
iii. Persons included in Table 1 Part ΙΙΙ of Regulation 3.
iv. Persons suffering from a chronic disease are included in Table 6, Part I(Α) of Regulation 8.
v. Persons suffering from a chronic disease included in Table 6, Part I(B) of Regulation 8, whose annual family income does not exceed €150,000.00.
Replacement of Medical Cards has to be completed by 31.4.14 at the local Citizen Service Centers or at the Ministry for Health for families with at least one member who is a third-country national.
Medical Card issued by other agencies such as the Department of Social Insurance and the Office of Grants and Benefits Service and the Medical Card of Civil servants, Hourly-paid Government Personnel, and Semi-Government Organisations are not affected.