Regulations of Chongqing Municipality on the Protection of Disabled Persons

Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 These Regulations are formulated in accordance with the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Disabled Persons and other relevant laws and administrative regulations and in light of the actual situation of this Municipality. Article 2 Disabled persons enjoy the same rights as other citizens.

The whole society should understand, respect, care for and help the disabled and support the cause of the disabled.

Disabled people should abide by laws and regulations, fulfill their due obligations, observe public order and respect social morality. Article 3 The people's governments of cities, districts and counties (autonomous counties) shall strengthen their leadership over the work of the disabled, incorporate the cause of the disabled into the national economic and social development plan, formulate the development plan and annual plan for the cause of the disabled within their respective administrative areas, and timely solve major problems in the development of the cause of the disabled.

City, county (Autonomous County) People's Government Working Committee for the Disabled is responsible for organizing, coordinating, guiding and urging relevant departments to do a good job in the cause of the disabled.

The office of the Working Committee for the Disabled is located in the disabled organizations at the same level and is responsible for the daily work of the Working Committee for the Disabled.

The relevant departments of the people's governments of cities, districts and counties (autonomous counties), the people's governments of townships and sub-district offices shall, in accordance with their respective duties, do a good job in the work of the disabled. Article 4 Disabled people's organizations at all levels represent the interests of disabled people, safeguard their legitimate rights and interests, unite and educate and serve disabled people, carry out work for disabled people in accordance with laws, regulations and articles of association or accept the entrustment of the government, mobilize social forces and develop the cause of disabled people.

Township (street) and village (community) organizations for the disabled send full-time or full-time members to assist in the work for the disabled.

City, county (Autonomous County) organizations for the disabled shall conduct statistical investigation and analysis on the situation of the disabled every year, and report to the people's government at the corresponding level. Article 5 The people's governments of cities, districts and counties (autonomous counties) shall incorporate the funds for the disabled into the fiscal budget and establish a stable fund guarantee mechanism.

The welfare lottery public welfare fund retained by the city, county (autonomous county) shall be used to develop the cause of the disabled at a ratio of not less than 10%, and the sports lottery public welfare fund shall be used to develop the cause of sports for the disabled at a ratio of not less than 5%.

Encourage social organizations and individuals to provide donations and services for the development of the cause of the disabled.

Finance, auditing and other departments should strengthen the inspection and supervision of the use of the disabled fund and the lottery public welfare fund. Article 6 The people's governments of cities, districts and counties (autonomous counties) shall incorporate the construction of comprehensive service facilities for the disabled into public welfare construction projects, and give support in project establishment, planning, funds and tax reduction and exemption. Article 7 People's governments at all levels and relevant departments shall invite organizations of persons with disabilities to participate in the supervision and inspection of rehabilitation, education and training, employment, culture and sports, social security and barrier-free environment construction for the disabled. Chapter II Prevention and Rehabilitation Article 8 The people's governments of cities, districts and counties (autonomous counties) shall establish and improve the service system of disability prevention and rehabilitation for the disabled, and carry out the work of disability prevention and rehabilitation for the disabled in a planned way. Article 9 The people's governments of cities, districts and counties (autonomous counties) shall organize relevant departments and mobilize social forces to take preventive and control measures against heredity, diseases, drugs, accidents, disasters, environmental pollution and other disabling factors, so as to prevent and reduce the occurrence of disability and reduce the degree of disability. Tenth population and family planning departments shall organize population and family planning service institutions to carry out free pre-pregnancy eugenics health examination.

The health department shall organize medical and health institutions to provide pre-marital health care services and maternal health care services, establish an early reporting system for disabled children, carry out screening, diagnosis, evaluation, monitoring and referral of disabled children, and establish and improve rehabilitation files and databases for disabled children. Eleventh city, county (Autonomous County) people's government should establish and improve the rehabilitation assistance system for the disabled, and provide free assistance and rehabilitation for disabled orphans under the age of six and disabled children from poor families; Provide rehabilitation assistance for cataract surgery for poor disabled people, hearing recovery surgery for severe deafness patients, medication for mental patients and polio correction surgery; Funding the basic rehabilitation needs of the poor disabled, such as rehabilitation training and assistive devices adaptation; Gradually bring eligible rehabilitation medical projects for the disabled into the scope of payment of basic medical insurance. Twelfth city, county (Autonomous County) people's government should strengthen the construction of public welfare rehabilitation institutions for the disabled.

Conditional general hospitals and traditional Chinese medicine hospitals above the second level should set up rehabilitation medicine departments to carry out rehabilitation medical treatment, training and clinical research; Township hospitals and community health service institutions shall set up rehabilitation rooms according to the needs of rehabilitation services, and be equipped with corresponding rehabilitation medical personnel and equipment to provide rehabilitation services for the disabled.

Educational institutions, welfare units and other institutions serving the disabled should be equipped with a certain number of professional rehabilitation technicians according to actual needs to guide the disabled to carry out functional, self-care and labor skills training.

Encourage and support social forces to set up rehabilitation institutions for the disabled.

Health departments and organizations of disabled persons shall provide professional training and technical guidance to grassroots rehabilitation personnel. Thirteenth people's governments at all levels and organizations of the disabled should publicize and popularize the knowledge of disability prevention and rehabilitation. Encourage all kinds of media to publicize the knowledge of disability prevention and rehabilitation.