Control over issuing documents on functionality of person to  tightened in Armenia

ArmInfo. Control over issuing documents on the degree of functionality of a person will be  tightened in Armenia. At the plenary session of the National Assembly  of the Republic of Armenia on March 25, amendments to the law "On  assessing the functionality of a person" and to the Code of the  Republic of Armenia on Administrative Offenses are discussed in the  first reading.

According to the Head of the Office for Coordination of Work of  Inspection Bodies of the Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic  of Armenia Petros Martirosyan, the need to develop the package is due  to the fact that, in accordance with the previously adopted  amendments to the Law "On Assessment of Facial Functionality", a  regulation has been established according to which control over the  procedure for assessing a person's functionality is carried out by  the inspection body supervising the healthcare sector.  However, in  addition to the above, no other regulation is provided, including  with respect to the tools and procedure for implementing control. In  accordance with the package, it is proposed to introduce a number of  provisions, the adoption of which is expected to ensure proper  control over the assessment of a person's functionality, the  functions performed by competent authorities, organizations,  commissions and individuals in implementing the measures envisaged by  the individual service program. In particular, the assessment will be  carried out by the inspection body based on new mechanisms that will  be reflected in the annual program of the body and applied as needed.  The grounds for conducting inspections will be reports from local  authorities, applications from individuals, information from  organizations involved in assessing a person's functionality, as well  as instructions from the Prime Minister. If the inspection body finds  that a medical worker, violating the degree of disability in exchange  for something or unreasonably sending a citizen to obtain a degree of  disability, then the inspection body will have to conduct an  inspection and contact the Ministry of Health. The Ministry will  conduct a re-investigation, and if there are grounds, then it may  suspend the individual license of the medical worker. Intentional  refusal to issue a referral may also be considered a violation.