President

Based on the Constitution

As approved by the People's Assembly at its meeting held on 12-5-1425 A.H. 29-6-2004,

The following are issued:

Chapter I. Definitions

Article 1 The following expressions shall mean in the Gallery of the provisions of this Law the meaning given to each of them:

Chapter II

Central Council

Article 2 The Central Council shall be constituted by a decision of the Prime Minister on the proposal of the Minister and shall consist of:

Article 3 The Central Council may invite those who see it to participate in its work, whether public or private, or Arab and international organizations.

Article - 4. The Central Council shall perform the following functions:

a. Development of policy for the affairs of persons with disabilities and the development and follow-up of plans and programmes.

b. To propose relevant legislation in cooperation with relevant stakeholders.

C) Examine and follow up on reports filed by sub-councils in the provinces and take what is necessary.

d - Cooperation with Arab, regional and international organizations related to the affairs of persons with disabilities.

Article 5. At the invitation of its President, the Central Council shall meet once every three months, and whenever the need arises.

b. The meeting shall be considered legal if it is attended by 11 members and more, and the decisions of the Central Council shall be made by the majority of the votes of its members present and in the event that the number of votes is more likely than that of the President.

C) The Central Council's decisions are considered a window after they have been ratified by the Prime Minister.

Chapter III

Sub-Council

Article 6 The Sub-Council in each governorate shall be represented by decision of the Minister on the proposal of the Governor and shall consist of:

Article 7 The Sub-Council shall perform the following functions:

a. Follow-up to the implementation of public policy, plans and programmes for the affairs of persons with disabilities at the governorate level.

b. Propose plans and programmes for the affairs of disabled people in the province.

C) To study, develop and upgrade the health, psychological, educational, social, sporting and professional services of the disabled in the governorate.

d - Periodic reports to the Central Council every two months include follow-up to the implementation of plans and programmes relating to the affairs of persons with disabilities at the governorate level and the difficulties encountered in implementing them with their proposals on them.

-Come on! The formation of a specialized medical committee to study the situation of persons with disabilities in order to determine the type and nature of their disability in accordance with the National Classification of Disability and submit a medical report to the Directorate for submission to the Ministry.

Article 8. The Sub-Council shall meet at the invitation of its President once every two months, and whenever the need arises.

b. The Council may invite those who see it to participate in its work from public and private actors.

Chapter IV

Services for persons with disabilities

Article 9 The State provides the following services to the disabled:

First. In the health field:

1. Provide preventive and curative services free of charge through public health institutions and determine such services by decision of the Minister of Health.

2. Strengthen the competence of physical medicine and rehabilitation departments to provide treatment and rehabilitation services for the disabled.

3. Allocate at least one health centre in each governorate to provide early detection and registration services for children vulnerable to disability and follow up on their situation.

4. Grant the medical examination document to the marriage of doctors accredited for this purpose by the Ministry of Health.

5. Registration of a newborn with the Civil Status Department under a medical document indicating that the doctor carried out a comprehensive examination of the newborn containing the early detection of disability.

6. To create a general disability register at the Decision Support Centre in the Ministry of Health in cooperation with the Central Bureau of Statistics to create a database on disability in the Syrian Arab Republic.

II. In the field of education, higher education and sport:

1. Interest in raising children with disabilities in early childhood.

2. To provide basic education for persons with disabilities at the school age, either in formal education schools or in institutes, on the basis of coordination between the Ministry and the Ministry of Education.

3. To give university students with disabilities the priority of admission to university cities.

4. To create majors in educational and health institutions in the areas of physical and mental disabilities so as to ensure that specialized frameworks are prepared for this purpose.

5. To provide for the exercise of sports activities, and to encourage the sport of persons with disabilities in schools and institutes.

6. To allocate a number of seats for persons with disabilities in some of the humanities faculties in Syrian universities to avoid them in particular, in isolation from the minimum set of grades required annually for such colleges.

III. In the field of rehabilitation and employment:

1. The disabled person shall be granted preference to benefit from the loans granted by the General Authority against Unemployment and its activities, and shall be exempted from the fees and taxes resulting from the establishment of such projects for which such loans are granted.

2. The Ministry may contract associations for the implementation of joint projects for the rehabilitation of persons with disabilities, and the terms of the partnership shall be determined by a decision of the Minister.

3. The employer of the private sector who is disabled benefits an increase in the employment rate for persons with disabilities in laws and regulations in force at the income tax rate, in the amount of the minimum wage for every disabled person who has an increase from that percentage, provided that the employer has a statement. That proves it from the ministry.

IV. In the area of qualified environment provision:

1. Take into account local administration units when granting any permit for a new Government or private building to comply with the standards, conditions and technical, engineering and architectural specifications to be provided in new public buildings and facilities (pavements-roads-parks ...) Old buildings and facilities are not possible, without prejudice to the structural, archaeological or historical nature of the structure and not exceeding 5 % of its core value in order to meet the needs and mobility of persons with disabilities.

2. Provision of facilities, equipment and public communications facilities to the extent and priority of the physical location of the site and to give them priority access to various means of communication.

3. Land from State property and administrative units may be allocated free of charge for the establishment of institutes by the Ministry and associations.

4. In mass public transportation, seats close to the doors are allocated and the logo for the disabled is attached.

V. In the area of information and outreach:

1. Through visual, audible and print media, the Ministry of Information, in cooperation with the Ministry, provides outreach programmes in the following areas:

a. The definition of disability, its types and causes and how they are discovered, prevented and further aggravated.

b. Identification of the rights, needs and services of persons with disabilities, and their ability to contribute to the building of society.

2. The Ministry of Information is allocating a television window to the deaf in public programs and encouraging public and private publishing houses to produce educational and educational means for the disabled.

VI. In the area of exemptions and services:

1. The importer of all customs duties shall be exempted from all customs duties exclusively for the personal use of the disabled, and shall be determined by decision of the Prime Minister on the proposal of the Minister.

2. The disabled shall be exempted from the drawing of a stamp in all its personal dealings with the public.

3. Persons with disabilities are exempted from drawing access to archaeological and cultural public places.

4. Financial benefits may be disbursed to the poor family caring for the disabled, who have cerebral palsy and shall determine the amount of the subsidy by decision of the Minister following the approval of the Minister of Finance.

5. The projects of associations which the engineers donate for free of charge are exempted from fees and engineering fees.

6. Disabled persons and their facilities according to the type of disability and the disabled card shall be given a 50 % reduction in mass public transport, land, sea and air transport.

Chapter V

Institutes

Article 10-a The institutes spoke by decision of the Minister in cooperation with the administrative units concerned.

b. Associations and the private sector may be licensed to establish institutes under the Ministry's supervision.

C) The internal regulations of the institutes are issued by decision of the Minister.

Article 11 The aim of the institutes is to achieve the following:

a. Special education for the disabled.

b. Rehabilitation of persons with disabilities for adaptation and integration into society.

C) Training of families of children with disabilities in ways of dealing with their children with disabilities and managing their affairs.

Article 12 Permanent workers at State institutes receive compensation for the nature and amount of work 50 % From the fixed monthly wage in the performance of the work.

Chapter VI

General provisions

Article 13 To be determined by the decision of the Prime Minister on the proposal of the Minister to compensate the attendance of the meetings for the members of the Central Council and the subsidiary councils in accordance with the laws and regulations in force and no more than six meetings annually for the Central Council and eight meetings annually for the councils Sub.

Article 14 The National Classification of Disability is based primarily on the granting of a disability card and is issued by decision of the Minister in coordination with the Ministry of Health, reminding them of the need for facilities or not.

Article 15 The institutes established their status with the provisions of this Act within one year of the date of their promulgation.

Article 16 The provisions of this Law shall benefit those who hold a disability card from the citizens of the Syrian Arab Republic or in their judgement.

Article 17 The Minister shall issue the Executive Instructions for this Act.

Article 18 This law is published in the Official Journal.

Damascus in: 1-6 - 1425 A.H. and 18.7-2004

President

Bashar al-Assad

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