Chapter 1. General provisions
These Rules for the conduct of medical and social examination (hereinafter referred to as the Rules) determine the procedure for the need of the examined person for social protection measures based on an assessment of the disabilities caused by persistent disorders of the body's functions.
Medical and social expertise (hereinafter - MSE) is carried out by territorial divisions of the Committee for 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, structure of morbidity and disability, ITU departments are subdivided into general ITU departments, specialized (for patients with occupational diseases, tuberculosis, mental disorders) profile and pediatric profile.
The following concepts are used in these Rules:
1) qualification - the degree of professional preparedness of the employee, the availability of knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to perform a certain degree of complexity of the work;
2) loss of ability to work - loss of an employee's ability to perform work, provide services, the degree of which is expressed as a percentage of the lost ability to work;
3) working capacity - the ability to carry out activities in accordance with the requirements for the content, volume and conditions of work;