Chương I Thông tư 56/2017/TT-BYT: Những quy định chung

Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Scope

This Circular provides for:

1. Diseases, the authority to determine diseases eligible for lump-sum social insurance payout.

2. Medical assessment of work capacity reduction (whole person impairment) as the basis for workers and their relatives to receive social insurance payout.

3. Issuance of discharge notes, birth certificate, copies of medical records, confirmation of maternity leave, confirmation of poor postpartum health and confirmation of eligibility to receive social insurance benefits.

Article 2. Regulated entities

1. Workers participating in social insurance as specified in Clause 1 and Clause 4 Article 2 of the Law on social insurance and Article 43 of the Law on occupation safety and hygiene.

2. Workers specified in Clause 1 of this Article whose social insurance participation period is reserved or retired workers pending pension or monthly benefits; voluntary social insurance participants who have paid compulsory social insurance premiums for at least 20 years.

3. Relatives of workers who participated in social insurance applying for medical assessment of work capacity reduction to receive death benefits for the workers (hereinafter referred to as worker’s relative).

Article 3. Definitions

In this Circular, these terms are construed as follows:

1. “Sick leave” means a period of time over which a worker is not healthy enough to work and is required by a physician to take a sick leave.

2. “Valid copy” means a copy that is extracted from the original book or has been compared with the original by a competent authority.

3. “Medical record summary” means the summary of a medical record prescribed by regulations of law on medical examination and treatment.