Can I stay in a hotel with my medical insurance card?

Legal analysis: the hotel medical insurance card cannot be used as an identity document instead of an identity card.

Legal basis: Article 6 of the Measures for the Administration of Public Security in Hotel Industry stipulates that hotels must register when they receive passengers. At the time of registration, the passenger's identity documents shall be checked and truthfully registered according to the prescribed items. To receive accommodation from overseas tourists, an accommodation registration form shall also be submitted to the local public security organ within 24 hours.

Ninth hotel staff found criminals, suspicious persons and criminals wanted by public security organs, should immediately report to the local public security organs, and shall not conceal or cover up. Article 56 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Public Security Administration Punishment stipulates that hotel staff who fail to register the names, types and numbers of identity documents of the guests, or who knowingly bring dangerous goods into the hotel without stopping them, shall be fined between 200 yuan and 500 yuan.

Hotel workers who know that the overnight guest is a criminal suspect or wanted by the public security organ but do not report to the public security organ shall be fined from 200 yuan to 500 yuan; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be detained for less than 5 days and may be fined less than 500 yuan.