A Provisional Replacement Certificate (PRC) provides the same access to free healthcare as a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC).

Overseas Visitors receiving clinically necessary treatment, who fail to provide a European Health Insurance Card, have to obtain a Provisional Replacement Certificate from the appropriate liaison body in the competent member state country.

For further information and a list of providers of Provisional Replacement Certificates, see the Department of Health website: Provisional Replacement Certificates.

This supporting information is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
shortname	PRC
plural	Provisional Replacement Certificates