Legal Guardianship Certificates – Mental Health Act
Clarifying that guardianship certificate under the Mental Health Act, 1987 is NOT mandatorily required for persons with mental illness to open/operate bank account.
List of certificate
Certificate of mental retardation for benefits and standard format
Locomotor disability is defined as a persons inability to execute distinctive activities associated with moving both himself and objects, from place to place and such inability resulting from affliction of musculoskeletal and/or nervous system.
Guidelines for Evaluation of Physical Impairment due to Cardiopulmonary
The assessing physician should be alert to the fact that patients who come for disability claims are likely to exaggerate their symptoms. In case of any doubt patients should be referred for detailed physiological evaluation.
Guidelines for Evaluation of Physical Impairments in Neurological conditions
The evaluation of a Short Statured person should be considered only when it is of disproportionate variety and is accompanied by an underlying pathological conditions, e.g., Achondroplasia,Chandrodysplasia Punctata, spondyloepiphysical dysplasia,mucopoly and acchrydosis, etc.
Guidelines for Evaluation of Permanent Physical Impairment of Trunk (Spine)
Permanent physical impairment due to neurological deficit in addition to spinal impairment should be added by combining formula. The local effects of the lesions of the spine can be conventionally divided into traumatic and non-traumatic.
Guidelines for Evaluation of permanent physical Impairment in Lower Limb
The measurement of loss of function in lower extremity is divided into two components: Mobility and standing components.A fracture of right hip joint bones may affect range of motion of the hip joint.
Guidelines for Evaluation of Permanent Physical Impairment of Upper Limb
The estimation and measurement should be made when the clinical condition has reached the stage of maximum improvement from the medical treatment. Normally the time period is to be decided by the medical doctor who is evaluating the case for issuing the PPI Certificate as per standard format of the certificate
Guidelines for various disabilities and procedure for certification.
Guidelines for evaluation of various disabilities and procedure for certification.In order to review the guidelines for evaluation of various disabilities and procedure for certification as given in the Ministry of Welfare’s O.M. No. 4-2/83-HW.-III, dated the 6th August, 1986
Guidelines for mental illness
Guidelines for evaluation and assessment of mental illness and procedure for certification. – Mental illness has been recognized as one of the disabilities under Section 2 (i) of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995. “Mental illness” has been defined under Section 2(q) of the said Act as any mental disorder other than mental retardation
Plea to Chief Minister on ID cards for persons with disabilities
The main point of contention of the disability rights lobby is that while the GO has allowed certification of disability by doctors, including those in Primary Health Centres, practically, persons with disabilities are required to turn up at the State Resource and Training Centre to obtain their certificate. Different days have been allotted to different disabilities and depending on the nature of their disability, the applications have to present themselves at the venue.