56. Guidelines for
assessment of specified disabilities. - The Central Government shall notify guidelines for
the purpose of assessing the extent of specified disability in a person.
57. Designation of
certifying authorities. - (1) The appropriate Government shall designate persons, having
requisite qualifications and experience, as certifying authorities, who shall
be competent to issue the certificate of disability.
(2) The appropriate
Government shall also notify the jurisdiction within which and the terms and
conditions subject to which, the certifying authority shall perform its
certification functions.
58. Procedure for
certification. - (1) Any
person with specified disability, may apply, in such manner as may be
prescribed by the Central Government, to a certifying authority having
jurisdiction, for issuing of a certificate of disability.
(2) On receipt of
an application under sub-section (1), the certifying authority shall assess the
disability of the concerned person in accordance with relevant guidelines
notified under section 56, and shall, after such assessment, as the case may
be,-
(a) issue a certificate of disability to such person, in
such form as may be prescribed by the Central Government;
(b) inform him in writing that he has no specified
disability.
(3) The certificate
of disability issued under this section shall be valid across the country.
59. Appeal against
a decision of certifying authority. - (1) Any person aggrieved with decision of the
certifying authority, may appeal against such decision, within such time and in
such manner as may be prescribed by the State Government, to such appellate
authority as the State Government may designate for the purpose.
(2) On receipt of
an appeal, the appellate authority shall decide the appeal in such manner as
may be prescribed by the State Government.