Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1. The basic concepts, used in this Law
The following basic concepts shall be used in this Law:
1) special means of transport – type of technical assistance for active and passive transport of disabled persons;
2) is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 03.12.2015 № 433-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2016);
3) orientation training - system of measures, oriented to rendering of assistance to the disabled persons in choosing the types of labour activity;
4) reconstructive surgery - aggressive approach, oriented to rehabilitation or compensation of impaired body functions;
5) medical and social assessment – determination of requirements in accordance with the established procedure of examined person in the measures of social protection on the basis of assessment of restriction of life activity, caused by permanent disturbance of body functions;
5-1) medical and social institution (organization) is an organization intended for permanent or temporary residence in conditions of an in-patient hospital, a semi in-patient hospital or daily stay of elderly people, persons with disabilities, including people with disabilities from among the psychoneurological patients, children with disabilities who need help and care and medical service;
6) medical rehabilitation – complex of medical services, oriented to preservation, partial or complete rehabilitation of impaired and (or) lost body functions;
7) a disabled person is a person who has a health disorder with persistent impairment of body functions, caused by diseases, injuries (wounds, traumas, concussions), their consequences, defects, which leads to limitation of life and need for his social protection;
8) a disabled child is a person under the age of eighteen, who has a health disorder with persistent impairment of body functions, caused by diseases, injuries (wounds, traumas, concussions), their consequences, defects, which leads to limitation of life and need for his social protection;