What are conditions for persons with disabilities in Vietnam to be provided with funeral expenses support?
I have following questions. What are conditions for persons with disabilities in Vietnam to be provided with funeral expenses support? Which entities has power to determine degrees of disability in Vietnam?
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What are conditions for persons with disabilities in Vietnam to be provided with funeral expenses support?
Pursuant to Article 46 of the Law on Persons with Disabilities in 2010 stipulating funeral expenses for persons with disabilities in Vietnam as follows:
Persons with disabilities on monthly allowance will be provided with funeral expenses support upon their death. The Government shall set funeral expense support levels.
As regulations above, only persons with disabilities on monthly allowance will be provided with funeral expenses support upon their death.
Pursuant to Clause 1 Article 44 of the Law on Persons with Disabilities in 2010, only persons with exceptionally serious disabilities and persons with serious disabilities are entitled to monthly social allowance.
As regulations above, only persons with exceptionally serious disabilities and persons with serious disabilities are entitled to funeral expenses support.
Which entities has power to determine degrees of disability in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 15 of the Law on Persons with Disabilities in 2010 stipulating responsibility to determine degrees of disability in Vietnam as follows:
1. Degrees of disability shall be determined by the Disability Degree Determination Council.
2. Degrees of disability shall be determined by the Medical Examination Council in the following cases:
a/ The Disability Degree Determination Council is unable to make conclusions on the degree of disability;
b/ The person with disabilities or his/her lawful representative disagrees with the conclusion on degree of disability made by the Disability Degree Determination Council.
c/ There is well-grounded evidence on the biased and inaccurate determination of the degree of disability by the Disability Degree Determination Council.
3. If the Medical Examination Council has already made a conclusion on the sell-serving ability and the degree of working capacity loss. the degree of disability shall be determined under the Government's regulations.
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