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Matched Legal Cases: ['Art. 1', 'Art. 2', 'Art. 3', 'Art. 4', 'Art. 5', 'Art. 5', 'Art. 6', 'Art. 7', 'Art. 8', 'Art. 9', 'Art. 10', 'Art. 11', 'Art. 12', 'Art. 13', 'Art. 14', 'Art. 15', 'Art. 16', 'Art. 17', 'Art. 18', 'Art. 19']

LAW FOR PROTECTION, REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION OF DISABLED
Prom. SG. 112/27 Dec 1995, suppl. SG. 110/30 Dec 1996, amend. SG. 123/23 Dec 1997, amend. SG. 140/27 Nov 1998, amend. SG. 153/23 Dec 1998, amend. SG. 31/30 Mar 2001, amend. SG. 75/2 Aug 2002, amend. SG. 120/29 Dec 2002
Art. 1. (1) (Amend., SG 31/01) This law shall regulate the rights of disabled to rehabilitation and social integration, their protection and the ensuing obligations of the state bodies, municipalities, economic and public organisations in the country.
(2) This law shall have as objective to ensure conditions for social integration of disabled and for their adequate and equivalent participation in society.
Art. 2. (Amend., SG 31/01) The order, the principles and the criteria for establishing the degree of the injury shall be determined by an ordinance of the Council of Ministers.
Art. 3.(1) (Amend., SG 31/01) At the Council of Ministers shall be established a National Council of Rehabilitation and Social Integration which shall include:
1. representatives of the Council of Ministers;
2. representatives of the nationally represented organisations of disabled and organisations for disabled;
3. representatives of the employers.
(2) The National Council of Rehabilitation and Social Integration shall have consultative functions in the field of rehabilitation and social integration of disabled.
(3) (New, SG 31/01) All normative acts for the disabled shall be adopted upon a written statement on them by the National Council for rehabilitation and social integration.
(4) (Prev. para 3 - SG 31/01) The Council of Ministers shall determine the criteria for representation in the National Council of Rehabilitation and Social Integration and shall approve a regulation for its activity.
Art. 4. (Amend., SG 31/01) The disabled and the other individuals and corporate bodies which protect their interests shall be able to associate in the lawfully established forms of organisation for implementing activities for rehabilitation and social integration.
Art. 5. (Amend., SG 31/01) (1) The Council of Ministers shall carry out the state policy for rehabilitation and social integration of the disabled by providing conditions for:
1. social rehabilitation;
2. education, professional orientation and qualification;
4. accessible living and natural environment;
5. social and legal protection;
6. information and creation of conditions for communication of the disabled among themselves and with the other citizens, as well as among the disabled and their organisations in other countries..
(2) The state bodies within the framework of their competence shall establish methods and standards for rehabilitation and integration activity in the fields pointed out in para 1, as well as for initial professional training and qualification of the persons working with disabled.
Art. 5a. (New, SG 31/01) (1) Not admitted shall be direct or indirect discrimination regarding the disabled.
(2) The discrimination is direct when a disabled in placed in a less favourable position as compared with the other persons due to his injury.
(3) The discrimination is indirect when decisions apparently admissible by the law are used in exercising the rights and the obligations, but they are applied in a way which actually and factually place the disabled in a less favourable position as compared with the others. No discrimination shall be the differences or the preferences based on qualification requirements for carrying out a definite activity, as well as the measures aiming at the special protection of the disabled.
(4) The state shall create conditions for equality of the disabled and the other persons.
FIELDS FOR REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION
Prophylactics of the preventable injuries (Amend., SG 31/01)
Art. 6. (Amend., SG 31/01) The bodies of the state authorities in the field of health, education, labour and social policy, the sector ministries and agencies, the municipalities, the institutions in the system of the health insurance, the employers and the employment authorities shall cooperate for prevention of the injuries by:
1. health and environmental education for restriction of the risk factors, connected with the way of life and the environment;
2. health prophylactics;
3. ensuring healthy and safe labour conditions.
Art. 7. (Amend., SG 31/01) The Council of Ministers shall approve programmes for prophylactics the priority objectives shall be defined, the measures and the resources for prevention of the injuries.
Social rehabilitation (Amend., SG 31/01)
Art. 8.(1) (Amend., SG 31/01) The disabled shall have the right to social rehabilitation.
(2) (Amend., SG 31/01) The rehabilitation under para 1 shall include movement rehabilitation, labour therapy, creation of skills for leading independent life, rehabilitation of hearing and speaking, psychological care and other forms.
(3) (Revoked, SG 31/01)
Art. 9. (Revoked, SG 31/01)
Education, professional orientation and professional qualification (Amend., SG 31/01)
Art. 10.(1) The Ministry of Health, the Ministry of education and science and the municipal councils shall establish a consultative-diagnostic centres for research of the needs for rehabilitation and social integration of children and prognosticating of their development.
(2) The services in the state and municipal consultative-diagnostic centres shall be free of charge for the disabled children.
Art. 11. (Amend., SG 31/01) The Ministry of Education and Science shall provide:
1. development of educational programmes for integration;
2. supply with free of charge auxiliary study means, technical facilities for education and modern technologies necessary for the aims of the specialised education, as well as specific individual facilities and devices, supporting the educational process of the disabled with permanent injuries up to 18 years of age until their graduation of secondary education.
Art. 12. (1) (Amend., SG 31/01) The kindergarten children establishments and the vocational schools shall provide the opportunity for integrated education of the disabled children in general or special classes through:
1. (Amend., SG 31/01) purposeful training of the healthy children and of disabled children for living and studying together;
2. adaptation of education programmes, methodology and organisation of the educational process;
3. adaptation of the school and natural environment;
4. use of specialised qualified staff;
5. introduction of social-psychological services and incorporation of the families for active participation in the educational - training process.
(2) Special education in early and school age shall be implemented after the use of capacity of the integrated training and education.
Art. 13. (Amend., SG 31/01) The disabled with permanent injuries shall have the right to specialised vocational education training according to adapted programmes aiming at their preparation for labour activity.
Art. 14.(1) (Amend., SG 31/01) The persons who have become disabled after 16 years of age shall have the right to additional free of charge training with adapted programmes for general, vocational education and training for adults, as well as to initial rehabilitation with specific programmes for development of basic skills.
(2) (Amend., SG 31/01) The National Employment Office shall open and maintain centres for development of the possibilities for professional skills of the unemployed disabled, education and assistance in looking for a job.
Art. 15. (Amend., SG 31/01) The higher schools and the colleges, with the cooperation of the organisations of the disabled and the organisations for the disabled shall provide conditions for adapted environment, additional lecturing assistance, special facilities and auxiliary study materials and if necessary - personal assistants to the admitted disabled.
Art. 16. (Revoked, SG 31/01)
Art. 17. (Amend., SG 31/01) The vocational education and re-qualification of the disabled shall be implemented by:
1. the employers or the employment authorities - for the working disabled;
2. the employment bureaux - for unemployed disabled;
3. the national organisations of disabled and the organisations for disabled;
4. the enterprises and the cooperations of disabled.
(2) The training shall be practical and shall be carried out by individuals and/or corporate bodies registered by the National Agency for vocational education and training.
(3) The persons under para 1, item 3 and 4 who carry out the vocational education and re-qualification of the disabled shall be stimulated by resources from fund "Rehabilitation and social integration" by an order and a way stipulated by the Regulations for the activity of the fund.
Art. 18. (Revoked, SG 31/01)
Art. 19. (Amend., SG 31