Community Services Card API

This API Product provides APIs that support Community Services Card related activities.

The Community Services Card is administered by MSD on behalf of the Ministry of Health. The primary purpose of the CSC is to help individuals and their families with the costs of health care.

Currently the API product contains a single API that provides a Community Services Card (CSC) Verification API that enables organizations to seamlessly integrate a Community Services Card validity check into their websites or digital applications.The Regulations that govern the Community Services Card are in the Health Entitlement Cards Regulations 1993. Proposed use cases for the CSC Verification API are expected to align with these Regulations.

It is envisaged that further APIs that support Community Services Card related activities could be added to this API product over time, if required.

Our Sandbox environment allows you to trial this API using mock data. You will need to contact us in order for you to create an account on our Sandbox Portal. After your account is created, you will need to agree to our Terms of Use to access this API in our Sandbox environment.

When you are ready to request Production access to this API, you will need to contact us in order for you to create an account on our Production Portal. After your account is created, you will need to meet the criteria for Production access to the SuperGold Verification API. For example, organisations consuming this API need to be SuperGold Business Partner and we will need to be satisfied that your proposed use of the API meets MSD's privacy and security requirements.

Access to this API in both the Sandbox and Production environments is subject to MSD approval.

The SuperGold Verification API plan is available free of charge and is rate limited. See the Plan information below for details for this API. Please contact us if you would like to request a different rate limit.

Support for this API is available Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm NZDT/NZST. See the Support section for FAQs and support contact details.

Please note, this API will be subject to scheduled outages from time to time. We expect the API will be available 97% of the time during NZ business hours (Monday to Friday, 9.00am-5.00pm NZDT/NZST) excluding planned outages. A calendar of planned outages will be published in the System Updates section in Support.