Sanatorium - resort vouchers

What is a sanatorium-resort voucher?

Sanatorium voucher (permit) – a valuable document issued by the state that grants privileged individuals the right to receive sanatorium-resort treatment and recreation in designated sanatoriums and resorts.

Who are considered privileged persons to be provided with sanatorium-resort vouchers by the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population?

According to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan No. 128 dated August 12, 2002, the following categories of persons are entitled to receive sanatorium-resort vouchers from the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population:

Persons with disabilities who are not employable;
Children with disabilities;
Participants of World War II;
Family members of martyrs;
Unemployed citizens who participated in the liquidation of the Chernobyl accident in the resettlement zone;
Children raised in guardianship or custody, as well as in state and non-state institutions; children who have lost their parents and are deprived of parental care;
Citizens injured during rescue operations and while providing medical assistance in emergencies.

What is necessary to do to get a voucher?

In order to obtain a sanatorium-resort voucher (permit), eligible persons must apply to the relevant structural unit of the Agency for Social Services or to the "DOST" centers under the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Azerbaijan, according to their place of residence.

List of the required documents
1	ID Card;
2	*Document confirming eligibility as a privileged person;**
3	Instructions for sanatorium-resort treatment compiled by the Medical-Social Expert Commission;
4	Sanatorium-resort card issued by the local polyclinic in accordance with the treatment profile.**

*For persons with disabilities: Extract from the medical-social expert examination confirming disability (if the information cannot be obtained from the "Disability" subsystem).
For members of martyrs’ families: Martyr’s family member card. ** The sanatorium-resort card must also be submitted by family members of martyrs.

How is the process of issuing vouchers regulated?

Vouchers are issued on a rotating basis. A citizen is placed in the queue from the day the required documents are submitted to the Social Services Agency or a DOST Center. When their turn arrives, the citizen is contacted and officially informed.

You need to know

If a person with 81–100% loss of body function due to disability, or a child with disabilities, requires an escort, the medical institution shall indicate the words “needs an escort” on the sanatorium-resort card. In such cases, both the individual and the accompanying person are provided with separate vouchers.

Upon return, the person who used the voucher (permit) must submit the return coupon—issued by the department, enterprise, organization, or institution where the treatment or rest took place—to the relevant institution or DOST Center that issued the sanatorium-resort voucher (permit). This coupon is kept as an official document confirming the use of the voucher.