Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 278 in Riga in 2003 (27 May. No 31, 26) social services and social assistance receipt order Issued in accordance with the social services and social assistance Act (3) the second paragraph of article 1. determines the order in which people receive social services and social assistance.
2. Social services and/or social assistance, her legal representatives or pagastties (fosters) (hereinafter person) requires its municipal social services in the territory of which the person who needed social service and/or social assistance, registered their place of residence, or other authorities or bodies authorised Department (hereinafter referred to as "social service").
3. to receive social services and/or social assistance, social services shall submit a written application to: 3.1. The application indicates the person solving the problem and the desired social service or social assistance, as well as the following copies of documents, presentation of originals: 3.1.1. identity document;
3.1.2. the disability certificate if a person determine disability;
3.1.3. the pension certificate if a person granted a pension;
3.2. the following documents: 3.2.1. personality and her rightful survivors income supporting documents;
3.2.2. primary health care (family) doctor's certificate issued on a person's State of health at the time of the submission of documents and the absence of medical contraindications (annex 1), if a person wants to receive service lasting social care and social rehabilitation institutions;
3.2.3. a psychiatrist's opinion on this provision of the annex referred to in paragraph 2, in the absence of medical contraindications, if a person wants to receive service lasting social care and social rehabilitation institutions;
3.2.4. pagastties (fosters) the decision on placing the child lasting social care and social rehabilitation institution if the child is not likely to ensure the care and upbringing of the audžuģimen or at the guardian.
4. In exceptional cases, if it is not possible to provide the orphans or without parental care for the remaining child care and upbringing or audžuģimen at the guardian, a child can immediately put the long-term social care and social rehabilitation institutions, based on the following documents: 4.1 pagastties (family courts);
4.2. the Police Act concerning health and life in dangerous circumstances, abandoned children;
4.3. the Act concerning the treatment of abandoned children.
5. Social Service within five working days after the rules referred to in paragraph 3 of document receipt and registration: 5.1 assess the needs of the person, material and personal resources that are requested by the social services and/or social assistance, fill in the personal social services needs assessment (annex 2), as well as decide on the social services and/or social assistance or refusal to provide it;
5.2. evaluate the authorities ability to provide personal needs social services and/or social assistance and the person or her family participation opportunities;
5.3. the decision on the application of social service to the person and/or social assistance;
5.4. the decision on social service and/or the need for social assistance and in article 3 of these rules, these documents shall be submitted within three working days of the institution, which is entitled to take a decision on the social services and/or the provision of social assistance: 5.4.1. Municipal Council (the Council) or its delegated authority when providing social services and/or social assistance is the responsibility of the municipality;
5.4.2. the State social services Agency (hereinafter Agency) when providing social services and/or social assistance is a State obligation.
6. Assessing the social service of the documents presented, the Municipal Council (the Council) near its meeting or delegated authority within five working days of the decision on social services and/or social assistance and three working days after the decision in writing to the social services and the person of the decision taken. If a decision to deny social services and/or social assistance, indicating the grounds for refusal and the procedures for appeals against decisions.
7. the Agency, in assessing the social service documents filed by: 7.1. within five working days of the decision on the provision of a service or an admission of the person in the queue service: 7.1.1 adult long-term social care and social rehabilitation institutions for persons with severe mental disabilities;
7.1.2. the adult long-term social care and social rehabilitation institution for the blind;
7.1.3. the children's long-term social care and social rehabilitation institutions;
7.2. within five working days of the decision to refuse these rules 7.1.1, 7.1.2 and 7.1.3.. referred to social services if the person has no basis to receive them;
7.3. the three working days after the decision shall inform the social services and the person of the decision taken and sent for service by posting the notice on the person's admission to a row or a denial, stating the grounds for refusal and the procedures for appeals against decisions.
8. Local Government Council (the Council), its institutions or agencies delegated the decision on social services and social assistance, or person is entitled to appeal to the Court within one month of adopting its decision.
9. to visually or hearing disability receive social rehabilitation service, he institution which provides the social rehabilitation services for persons with disabilities, presented the certificate and submitted by: 9.1. According to an application service provider;
9.2. treatment of persons certified-primary health care (family) doctor, ophthalmologist, surdolog or otorinolaringolog — opinion issued contains the functional interference.
10. The provider of the documents submitted by the person registering: 10.1 assessed visually or hearing disability need to receive social rehabilitation services and rehabilitation opportunities;
10.2. takes decision about social rehabilitation service, the type and duration;
10.3. within five working days after the document logging and the decision shall inform the person in writing of the decision. If the decision is taken to refuse social rehabilitation service, specifies the grounds for refusal and the procedures for appeals against decisions;
10.4. monthly inform the Agency and the municipal social services for the Visual and hearing disabilities who receive social rehabilitation services, as well as for decisions to refuse the provision of services.
11. the Agency shall regularly inform the vision and hearing disabled people and local social services for social rehabilitation services and their providers with whom the procurement contract.
12. in order to receive the services of Centre Party crisis that requires a social service, go directly to the service provider.
13. for the service naktspatversm, the person who needed social service, go directly to the service provider.
14. to receive the services farm: 14.1. a person makes its municipal social services in the territory of which was the last residence of the person, and the presentation of identity documents;
14.2. the social service shall assess the person's situation and issue a work order for service or refusal, stating the grounds for refusal and the procedures for appeals against decisions.
15. Beyond the social service work time right to consider the provision of shelters are shelters.
16. State social services agencies to create these rules set out the actions to the social assistance fund.
Prime Minister e. Repše Welfare Minister d. Staķ is the Editorial Note: the entry into force of the provisions by 31 May 2003.
 
1. the annex to Cabinet of 27 May 2003, the Regulation No 278 contraindications to taking long-term social care and rehabilitation institution 1. admitting the General contraindications long-term social care and social rehabilitation institution: 1. pulmonary tuberculosis in active stage;
1.2. acute infectious diseases;
1.3. the sexually transmitted diseases.
2. Special (psychiatric) contraindications to taking long-term social care and social rehabilitation institution: 2.1 mental illness or psychiatric disorder in a stable and durable against medication resistant simptomātik: personality and behavior disorders (asociāl, emotionally fragile, epileptoīd, stop being so damned paranoid, kverulant personalities) with social dezadaptācij, tastes and drives retention, penchant for aggression, violence and conflict, as well as the destructive behavior, including suicide attempts;
2.2. psychiatric disorders to persons with court decision definitely medical coercive means.
Welfare Minister d.-Staķ