Foreign experience of legal regulation of medical and social expertise (on the example of the Republic of Belarus)

The purpose of the scientific article is to analysis of foreign legal experience in providing medical and social expertise (on the example of the Republic of Belarus) to identify the specific features of the legal regulation of this institution. The authors examine the national legislation of the Republic of Belarus. It is noted that the basis of the legislation of the Republic of Belarus on disabled persons is the World Program of Action concerning Disabled Persons adopted by the United Nations and the Declaration on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The authors disclose the activities of the medical and rehabilitation expert commission for recognizing the citizen as invalid, the formation of an individual rehabilitation program for disabled persons, consisting of three sections: the program of medical rehabilitation, vocational rehabilitation programs and employment and social rehabilitation program.