Chapter 1. General provisions
1.These Rules of carrying out medico-social examination (further – regulations) define the procedure for the needs of the assignee in the social protection measures based on the assessment of disability caused by persistent disorder of body functions.
2.Medical and social expertise (hereinafter – ITU) is carried out by the territorial divisions of the Committee of Labor, Social Protection and Migration of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan (hereinafter – territorial divisions).
Depending on the level and structure of morbidity and disability, ITU departments are divided into general-profile ITU departments, specialized (for patients with occupational diseases, tuberculosis, and mental disorders) profile, and pediatric profile.
3.The following concepts are used in these Rules::
1) qualification – the degree of professional readiness of the employee, the availability of knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to perform a certain degree of complexity of the work;
2) disability – the loss of an employee's ability to perform work, provide services, the degree of which is expressed as a percentage of the lost disability;
3) ability to work – the ability to carry out activities in accordance with the requirements for the content, scope and conditions of work;