VTEK ( ВТЭК)

[Avram Lyon]

2008/4/20 Robert Chandler <kcf19 at dial.pipex.com>:
>  I have found out that a VTEK is a Vrachebno Trudovaya Ekspertnaya Komissiya,
>  but what exactly IS such a komissiya?  What is its role?  Is it that of
>  ascertaining whether someone is fit for work or not?

The komissiya apparently decides whether to classify someone as an
"invalid" and which classification to give (I group, II group). They
exist to this day, and often operate under the auspices of a hospital.
For more information, see
http://newhouse.ru/medicine/illnesses/invalid/order.html .

It's something like a "disability commission".

Avram Lyon

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