The procedure for using charitable accounts for medical assistance has changed. Individuals who opened such accounts before September 12, 2026, to collect funds for medical assistance—including the purchase of medicines, therapeutic nutrition, medical devices, and equipment—must carry out the actions stipulated in Presidential Decree No. 304 “On Funds and Charitable Activities in the Healthcare Sector” by November 12 of the current year. The list of required actions depends on the conditions under which the account was opened.

Belarusbank emphasizes that account holders should go to the branch where the account was opened to submit documents and bring the agreements into compliance with the decree’s requirements.

According to this decree, individuals may open charitable accounts to collect funds for medical assistance exclusively for:

• themselves personally due to a need for medical assistance;
• a spouse (spouses), close relatives (parents, adoptive parents, children, including adopted children, biological brothers and sisters, grandparents, grandchildren);
• minors or adults under the guardianship or custody of the account holder.

If an existing account does not meet these conditions, the client must transfer all funds held in it to charitable accounts opened in strict compliance with the decree.

If the account is opened in favor of the persons listed above, the owner must, within the prescribed deadline, provide the bank with a packet of documents that includes:

• a medical document confirming the illness of the person in need of assistance, issued in accordance with the legislation on administrative procedures;
• copies of documents confirming marriage and/or kinship relations, or a copy of the adoption/step-parenting decision or the establishment of guardianship (custody).

Moreover, the account holder must eliminate duplicate accounts. If more than one charitable account has been opened for the same purpose, all accumulated funds must be transferred to a single primary account (in accordance with the decree’s requirements), and the remaining accounts must be closed.

If a regular (non‑charitable) current or other bank account was used to collect charitable funds, the client must ensure that all accumulated money is transferred to an official charitable account.