One of the activities of the Department is to conduct a medical and social examination for the presence or absence of disability, determine the group of disability, the degree of loss of general and/or professional ability to work, determine the necessary rehabilitation measures with the development of a social and/or professional part of an individual rehabilitation program for a disabled person.
Medical and Social Examination (MSE) is a determination in accordance with the established procedure of the needs of the examined person in social protection measures, based on an assessment of life limitations caused by a persistent disorder of body functions.
Main functions of medical and social examination departments:
The departments of medical and social expertise perform the following functions:
1) carry out medical and social examination of citizens on the basis of assessment of limitations of vital activity caused by persistent disorder of body functions.
2) develop individual rehabilitation programs for persons with disabilities, including determining the types, forms, terms and scope of measures for social and professional rehabilitation;
3) establish disability (group, causes, duration of disability);
4) determine the degree of loss of professional ability to work (in percentage);
5) determine the degree of loss of general working capacity (in percentage);
6) determine the necessity of the victims of industrial accidents and occupational diseases in social and professional rehabilitation;
7) provide citizens undergoing medical and social examination with explanations on issues of medical and social expertise;
8) Organize and conduct retreats of specialists of MSE departments on the basis of medical organizations and at home.
The MSE of the inspected (re-inspected) person is carried out by sending the Medical Advisory Commission of the medical organization at the place of his permanent residence (registration):
1) in MSE departments and/or MSE methodology and control departments of the respective region;
2) in health care organizations providing inpatient care;
3) in health organizations providing outpatient care;
4) in institutions of the penitentiary system and in pre-trial detention centers;
5) at home.
MSE is carried out collectively with the participation of the head of the MSE department or the head of the MSE methodology and control department and at least two main specialists by considering the submitted documents (clinical-functional, social, professional and other data), examining the inspected person, assessing the degree of violation of body functions and limiting vital activity, including working capacity.
In case of disagreement with the expert decision of the MSE department, the examined person or his legal representative has the right to appeal this decision within a month to the MSE methodology and control department.
The ITU departments of the Department are located at the address: 555 S.Seifullin Avenue, Almaty (1st floor).