Full-time and part-time students have a legal obligation to notify their insurance provider of any matters that have a bearing on the insurance premiums to be paid. The notification must be done at the respective regional branch of the insurance provider within 8 days from the time when the situation occurred.
Student's Obligation to Notify
Students with permanent residence in the Czech Republic (up to the age of 26) must fulfill the obligation to notify the insurance provider of any matters related to their insurance payment. The obligation to notify is thereby determined by the status of the student/notification obligation (e.g. employer/employee, unemployed/labor office, business license holder/student)
Studies and Insurance Payment
Student's obligation to notify arises mainly when they start/finish their studies, when they interrupt their studies and when they re-enroll after their studies were interrupted. Students must notify the insurance provider within 8 days from the time when the situation occurred. If the enrollment procedure of the first year students takes place in October or November, students can use the Notification of Admission and the enrollment invitation letter as a relevant document.
Students who ended their studies in compliance with Art.55 of Act No. 111/1998 Coll. (The Higher Education Act) have their insurance premium paid by the government until the end of the calendar month in which they finished their studies. In the following month, the government pays the premium for the student only if the person does not have a paid job for the whole of the month or if he/she is not entitled to unemployment benefits as a job seeker.
Payment Termination
Students above the age of 26 are no longer considered as unprovided for children, whose premiums are automatically paid by the government. In case their insurance premium is not paid by the employer, if they are not self-employed (business license holders) or if the students’ premium is not paid by the government for some other reason (e.g. job seekers registered with labor office) students are obliged to notify the relevant insurance provider of this fact and, as an "individual without taxable income", they must pay the monthly premium by themselves.