EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 439 CUTTACK, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2019/FALGUNA 16, 1940

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY & EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH

DISABILITIES

NOTIFICATION

The 6th March, 2019

No.2785–SSEPD-DA4-DA-0006/2019/SSEPD.— In pursuance of sub-section (1)

of Section 59 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (49 of 2016), the

State Government do hereby appoint the Director, Department of Social Security &

Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities as the Appellate Authority with effect from

publication of this Notification in the Official Gazette.

The Appellate Authority shall exercise the power and discharge the functions as

conferred under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 and Odisha Rights of

Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2018.

And in pursuance of rule 12 (4) of Odisha Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Rules, 2018, Government after careful consideration have been pleased to constitute

the "Medical Assessment Board" in three Medical College & Hospitals at a) MKCG

Medical College and Hospital, Berhampur, b) VSS Medical College and Hospital, Burla

and c) SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack to assist the Appellate Authority to

resolve any dispute arising with regard to issue of Disability Certificate consisting of

the following members as specified against different category of disabilities.

Sl.

No.

Specific Disability as per Rights of

Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016

Certifying

Specialists

Assisting Rehab.

Professional/

Technicians

A

1. Acid Attack Victim

2. Dwarfism

3. Leprosy Cured Person

4. Locomotor Disability

1. Orthopaedics

2. Physical

Medicine

Rehabilitation

1. Physiotherapist

2. Occupational

Therapist

B

1. Cerebral Palsy

2. Chronic Neurological Conditions

3. Multiple Sclerosis

4. Parkinson's Disease

5. Muscular Dystrophy

1. Neurologist

2. Orthopaedics

3. Physical

Medicine

Rehabilitation

1. Physiotherapist

2. Occupational

Therapist

C

1. Autism Spectrum Disorder

2. Intellectual Disability

3. Mental Illness

4. Specific Learning Disabilities

1. Psychiatrist

2. Paediatrics

Clinical/

Rehabilitation

Psychologist

2

D

1. Hearing Impairment (deaf)

2. Hard of hearing

3. Speech & Language Disability

ENT Specialist

1. Audiologist

2. Speech &

Language

Pathologist

E

1. Blindness

2. Low Vision

Ophthalmologist

Ophthalmic Asst.

F

1. Hemophilia

2. Sickle Cell Disease

3. Thalassemia

Hematologist

1. Microbiologist

2. Pathology

Technician

G

Multiple

Disabilities

including

Deaf blindness

Specialists of

disability

Concerned

Assisting

Rehab.

Professional/

Technicians

2. At least 3 senior members from concerned specialty shall constitute the Medical

Assessment Board chaired by the Head of the Department of the concerned

Department/ Senior-most member among them.

3. The Medical Assessment Boards shall assess all such cases as may be referred

by the Appellate Authority for determining nature and degree of disability.

4. The Medical Assessment Boards shall send the detailed reports of assessments

and results thereof to the Appellate Authority under the signature of the

Superintendent concerned.

5. The Deputy Secretary in charge of Disability Affairs in the SSEPD Department

shall be the member-convenor of all such Medical Assessment Boards and will

communicate all the decisions to the applicants and Chief District Medical &

Public Health Officers concerned.

6. The order of the Board will be implemented by concerned Chief District Medical

& Public Health Officers in respect of the issue of the Certificate.

7. The decision of the Board shall be final. This will come into force with immediate

effect.

8. This notification supersedes all previous notifications issued in this regard.

ORDER

Ordered that, the notification be published in next Extraordinary issue of the

Gazette.

By Order of the Governor

NITEN CHANDRA

Principal Secretary to Government

Printed and published by the Director, Printing, Stationery and Publication, Odisha, Cuttack-10

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