In case of doctors and dentists the National Directorate General For Hospitals ex officio notifies the National Health Insurance Fund of Hungary (Nemzeti Egészségügyi Alapkezelő; NEAK) about the professionals personal details, address and basic registration number in order to prepare the professionals’ medical stamps.

Despite the notification, the medical stamp will not be prepared unless you apply for it by submitting a request form to the NEAK by e-mail to the belyegzo@neak.gov.hu e-mail address.

According to the legislation, when practicing their profession, healthcare professionals may use either the family name and given name shown on their passport or ID card, or their birth name. The name chosen in this way will appear on the medical stamp. 

If, after the production of the medical stamp, a physician or dentist requests a change to the name used in the course of their healthcare activity, a new medical stamp must be produced for them.