The application for the issuance of an identity card in the name of a person who is admitted to a medical institution and is in a serious condition (unconscious, in a coma) is submitted by the person acting in their interest (a family member, a relative) at any identity document issuance service, including those located in the multifunctional centres of the Public Services Agency.
In the absence of such a person, the identity document is issued following a request from the medical institution concerned or from the local public administration authority, if the admitted person receives social assistance.
The following documents are presented when the application is submitted:
the applicant’s identity document in their possession. Where the identity document has been lost, the person acting in the patient’s interest submits a declaration of loss of that identity document. The presentation of the identity document is not mandatory in the cases provided for in Note 1;
the civil status documents. The presentation of the civil status documents is not mandatory in the cases provided for in Note 2;
the medical certificate attesting the person’s immobility or serious condition (coma, mental illness, physical, mental or psychological impairments) and their stay in the medical institution or in the social institution, as well as the impossibility of taking fingerprints, as the case may be;
one recent photograph measuring 10x15 cm, in colour, matte, on a white background;
the personal identity document of the family member or relative, where one of these persons acts in the applicant’s interest. The presentation of the identity document is not mandatory in the cases provided for in Note 1;
the request of the medical institution or of the local public administration authority and the service card or identity document of the representative of the medical institution or of the local public administration authority, where the representative of these entities acts in the person’s interest.