The Ministry of Health allocated a total of $9,922 million to co-finance the 2024 validity of the implementation project of the Disability Certification and the Registry of Location and Characterization of People with Disabilities (RLCPD); this through the 2024 Resolution.
This money was invested in the implementation of the disability certification procedure in the cost of multidisciplinary assessments.
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According to the Minsalud, the objective of these consultations is Establish if the patient has any type of disability that makes you eligible for the certificate and registration in question. From 2020 until October 2024, the program has reached a total of 414,945 certified people.
How to access the Disability Certificate?
Patients must request your medical history from your EPS; Once they obtain it, they must submit it, along with the application for disability certification, to the Health Secretariat of their city or municipality. When this request is approved, a new document will be issued that has a code, which you must present when you are called to the multidisciplinary disability assessment appointment.
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This interview is guided by a multidisciplinary team that may be made up of a general practitioner or specialist, a physiotherapist, a speech therapist, an occupational therapist, a psychologist, a nurse, an optometrist or a social worker, according to availability.
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It is important to mention that this procedure is completely free for citizens who request it, whether they are adults, young people, seniors, children or adolescents, no age limitwho by self-recognition consider that they have some type of disability.
The Colombian disability certification It is based on the International Classification of Disability and Health Functioning (ICF). This process allows determining the existence of a disability through the evaluation of seven possible functional deficiencies and body structures, limitation in activities and restriction in participation.
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