In order to safeguard the rights and interests of servicemen, the Ministry of the Interior yesterday announced a draft amendment to the "Standards for Examination of Invalidity and Illness for Replacement Servicemen", adding the supporting documents and supporting information that replacement servicemen should provide when applying for suspension. If there are any doubts, they should be sent to a designated reexamination hospital for reexamination. Relevant supporting information is not provided for reexamination after suspension, resulting in the inability to obtain correct results, and the inspection is presumed to be normal.
Yesterday, the Ministry of the Interior announced the revised draft of the "Standards for Examination of Invalidity and Discontinuation of Male Alternative Servicemen", stating that the examination standards are formulated by the Ministry of Interior in accordance with the provisions of the "Regulations on the Implementation of Alternative Service" and serve as the basis for handling the work of male substitutes for injury and suspension from service. Since the body position classification standards are being revised by the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of the Interior, they will be released in the near future. The examination standards should be revised accordingly to maintain the balance of the service regulations and protect the rights and interests of the servicemen.
The draft certification standards have been revised. When a substitute male service member applies for suspension due to illness or injury, he must obtain a diagnosis certificate from a hospital that has been accredited by the central health authority and is in compliance with the disease specialty. He must also provide medical records, examination reports, pathology reports, surgical records, photos of lesions, psychological assessment reports, imaging files or other relevant supporting materials to submit an application to the service unit.
The draft verification standards have also been revised. If a substitute male conscript has a valid certificate of disability or serious injury within the validity period, and meets the requirements of the disability or serious injury and posture classification standard exemption and posture comparison table, the competent authority may directly approve the suspension; if there is any doubt, he will be sent to a designated re-examination hospital for re-examination.
The current testing standards clearly stipulate that if a substitute male servant refuses to undergo an examination or fails to cooperate with the doctor during a re-examination while out of service, resulting in the inability to obtain correct results, the examination is presumed to be normal.
The draft inspection standard is revised to say that if a substitute serviceman refuses to undergo an inspection, fails to cooperate, or fails to provide relevant supporting information during a re-examination when out of service, resulting in the inability to obtain correct results, the inspection is presumed to be normal.
The test standards have also been revised to some of the replacement test standards for male conscripts suffering from injuries and out-of-service conditions. For example, the out-of-service standard for broken limbs has been revised from the original "motor function is still impaired" to "those who still have severe deformity affecting their motor function" must meet the out-of-service standard.
In terms of mental illness, in addition to the original diagnosis by a psychiatrist, the suspension criteria for neurosis, psychosis and severe depression in the examination standard table also include the need to complete a psychological assessment report and provide complete medical records of treatment for the past 2 months or more.
