The appropriate Office shall arrange to have an identity Card prepared in Form 4 for each person along with the photograph in respect of whom an insurance number is allotted and shall include in such card the particulars and photograph of the family entitled to medical benefit under Regulation 95A and send all such identity cards to the employer. Such employer shall if and when the employee has been in service for 3 months, obtain the signature or thumb impression of the employee on the Identity Card and shall after making relevant entries thereon, deliver the Identity Card to him. The employer shall obtain a receipt from the employee for the Identity Card. The Identity Card in respect of an employee who has left employment before 3 months shall not be given to him, but shall be returned to the appropriate Office as soon as possible. The Identity Card shall not be transferable.
17-A. Issue of Certificate of Employment. — If an insured person happens to need medical care before the Temporary Identification Certificate is issued to him, the employer shall issue a certificate of employment in such form as may be specified by the Director General to such person on demand. Such certificate shall also be issued on demand, if an insured person loses his Temporary Identification Certificate before the receipt of the Identity Card.
17-B. Issue of permanent Acceptance Card. — In areas where the Director General considers it appropriate the appropriate Office shall also supply a permanent Acceptance Card for each employee in such form as the Director General may specify along with the Identity Card and this shall also be delivered to the employee. Permanent Acceptance Card for the employee who has left employment before 3 months shall not be given to him but returned to the appropriate Office along with the Identity Card as soon as possible.