Providing persons with disabilities with special vehicles

How is the process of providing rehabilitation facilities carried out?

Within 10 (ten) working days from the date of determination of disability, information on the time and place for the development of the Individual Program is sent to one of the means of communication of the person with disabilities and/or his legal representative through the Centralized Electronic Information System of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population.

If the person with a disability does not have a legal representative, or if the legal representative or the person with a disability informs the Medical Social Expert Commission that he/she will not be able to participate in the development of the program, the program is prepared at his/her place of residence.

The Individual Rehabilitation Program is prepared by the Medical Social Expert Commission with the participation of the person with a disability and/or his/her legal representative within 2 (two) working days. The developed Individual Program is submitted to the Centralized Electronic Information System within 1 (one) working day.

The Medical Social Expert Commission determines the need for rehabilitation of a person with a disability.

Rehabilitation means shall be handed over to a person with a disability or his/her legal representative on the basis of an identity document or a permanent residence permit in the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and in the case of a legal representative — on the basis of a power of attorney.

Where the rehabilitation equipment may be acquired?

Since the date of identification of relevant instructions on rehabilitation means in the Individual Rehabilitation Program, cars are provided by the Social Services Agency or DOST Centers of Agency for Sustainable and Operative Social Provision under the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population, and other rehabilitation facilities are handed over to them by the Prosthetic and Orthopedic Rehabilitation Center by the State Medical-Social Expertise or the DOST Center at the request of the person with a disability or his/her legal representative.

Who has the right to be provided with a car by the state?

Persons whose disability was determined in connection with the defense of the territorial integrity, independence and constitutional order of the Republic of Azerbaijan, persons whose disability was determined in connection with the events of January 20, 1990, persons whose disability was determined in connection with the performance of military service duties (official duties), persons whose disability was determined in connection with the performance of military service duties (official duties) at the Chernobyl NPP, persons whose disability was determined in connection with the liquidation of the accident at the Chernobyl NPP have the right to be provided with a free car in the general queue.

Registration of passenger cars

The car is registered as the property of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population.

Can a person with a disability be assigned both a car and a wheelchair?

If the medical prescription states that a person with a disability needs both a car and a wheelchair, one of them shall be appointed at the discretion of the person with a disability.

If a person with a disability wants to receive both means of rehabilitation, the second means of rehabilitation shall be provided to him on a paid basis, out of turn.

What happens when a person with a disability who is provided with a car dies?

After the death of a person with a disability, the car remains the property of his family and is deregistered in the name of one of the family members of the deceased person with a disability.

What should be done if the designated mechanical wheelchair becomes unusable before the end of its service life?

If the mechanical wheelchairs provided to a person with a disability become unusable before the end of their service life, at the request of the person with a disability or his / her legal representative, the Prosthetic and Orthopedic Rehabilitation Center shall inspect the rehabilitation facilities within 3 (three) working days. Unless its repair is possible, it is replaced by a new one by the Center by drawing up a protocol by the technical commission.

In accordance with Decision No. 501 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated December 18, 2020, the terms of repair and replacement of rehabilitation means provided to persons with disabilities vary depending on the type of rehabilitation facility.

In what form is the queue carried out and where can it be followed?

A person with a disability is provided with a car or a wheelchair in accordance with the sequence established by the Individual Rehabilitation Program. In accordance with the “Conditions and Rules for Provision of Persons with Disabilities with Rehabilitation Means,” information on a person with a disability is included in the queuing list in the centralized electronic information system on the day of the decision to assign a car or a wheelchair.

A person with a disability can get information about his/her turn from the e-social.az internet portal of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population.

What is an individual rehabilitation program?

An Individual Rehabilitation Program is a social program that includes a set of measures related to the medical, vocational, psychological and pedagogical rehabilitation and the development of social skills of a person with a disability.

How long does an individual rehabilitation program take?

The individual program is developed for the period for which the disability is determined and for a period of 5 (five) years if the disability is determined indefinitely. The Medical Social Expert Commission determines the duration of each rehabilitation measure, not exceeding the duration of the individual program.

If a person with a disability and/or his/her legal representative refuses to compile an individual program, this issue shall be acted upon by the Medical Social Expert Commission within 1 (one) working day and entered into the centralized electronic information system on that day.

Electronic monitoring of individual rehabilitation program

The developed individual program is reflected in a special section of the personal account of the person with a disability on the "e-social" Internet portal. The personal cabinet contains personal information of the person with a disability, degree of disability, cause and duration of disability, date of approval of the individual program, rehabilitation measures to be implemented under the program, their start and end dates, as well as their implementation status.

Medical conditions for which diseases are the basis for the state to provide free cars to people with disabilities:

1. Second (II B) grade chronic circulatory failure;
2. Pulmonary insufficiency, grade II;
3. Paralysis of the lower extremities or marked paresis;
4. Hemiplegia, marked hemiparesis;
5. Marked ataxia, hyperkinetic amniostatic syndrome;
6. Chronic thrombo-obliterative diseases of both lower extremities, II degree arterial insufficiency, diseases of the lower peripheral veins, II-III degree venous insufficiency in both lower extremities, with trophic disorders;
7. Elephantiasis of both lower extremities;
8. Both paws are amputated at the level of Chopart or higher;
9. Lower limbs or thighs;
10. Ankylosis of both hip and pelvic joints;
11. Diseases and deformities of the spine that make it difficult to stand and move. III-IV degree flexion with severe spinal cord dysfunction;
12. Chronic osteomyelitis of a lower peripheral or pelvic bone (with the presence of a fistula or sequestering cavities lasting more than 2 years);
13. If there is a large bone defect (more than half of the bone circumference) in the lower extremity or a long-term incurable ulcer (greater than 10 cm²);
14. Acute dysfunction of the lower extremity as a result of a curved fracture of both thighs or calves, in the presence of acute contracture in both thighs or pelvis;
15. When the visual acuity of both eyes of a person with a disability is less than 0.04 or the visual field is less than 5 (five) degrees.