To medical institutions (Article 15 of the Welfare Law for the Physically Disabled, Designated Doctor Certification Standards, etc.)

Designated doctors based on the provisions of Article 15 of the Welfare Law for the Physically Disabled (hereinafter referred to as "Article 15 Designated Doctors") are doctors who create "Medical Certificates and Statement of Opinion" necessary for applying for a certificate of the physically disabled. That is.

Article 15 The designation of a designated doctor is made after the prefectural governor (including the designated city mayor and the core mayor) listens to the opinion of the local social welfare council according to the location of the medical institution.

In Yokohama-shi, we hold Yokohama-shi social welfare council obstacle degree examination sectional meeting four times a year (March, June, September, December), and perform designation after hearing the opinion.

Designated doctor of the welfare law for the physically handicapped, please make medical certificate, statement of position according to physical disability authorization standard and the authorization point.

Please refer to the “Summary of Handbook for Persons with Disabilities” section on the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare website for details on certification criteria and procedures.
Handbook for the Physically Handicapped (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare website) (outside site)

For renal dysfunction, in addition to the physical disability certification standards, the following standards may be applied, so please refer to them.
Renal dysfunction (summary excerpts on the degree of disability certification standards for Yokohama City) (PDF: 763KB)

You can download it from the page of various medical certificates.

Doctor who hopes for designation attaches necessary documents after mentioning in the next application, and please submit to Yokohama-shi person with a disability rehabilitation consultation office by deadline.

In addition, even if you have been designated outside Kanagawa Prefecture, if you are transferred to a medical institution in Yokohama City, please note that you will need to apply for a new designation application.

（１） Designation application of doctor based on Article 15 of the Welfare Law for the Physically Disabled

（２） Resume
※Please fill in the name of the medical institution you were engaged in, medical treatment Families, work style (full-time / part-time), job title, clinical training period and name (initial clinical training, late clinical training, etc.).

（３） Copy of doctor's license

Please confirm designated application (outside site) of person with a physical disability welfare law Article 15 designation doctor for the details of application procedure or downloading such as application styles.

The deadline for submitting application documents is until the 10th of the previous month of the examination month (March, June, September, December).

After receiving the designation, if there are any changes in the following, a notification is required.

If the designated doctor changes the medical institution to which he / she belongs, a "Notification of Change" is required.

Please submit "transfer notice" to each local government (prefecture, designated city, core city) before transference and local government (prefecture, designated city, core city) after transference.

Please submit "notice of transfer" to Yokohama-shi, and please apply for designation again to local government after transference.

You can download the necessary documents from the transfer notice (outside site).

※If you are transferred from a medical institution outside Kanagawa Prefecture to a medical institution in Yokohama City, a new designation in Yokohama City is required.
　　

If a designated physician concurrently serves as multiple medical institutions and creates a “medical certificate / statement of opinion for the physically handicapped” at a medical institution, etc., a “concurrent post” is required.

You can download the necessary documents from the notice of concurrent work (outside site).

※This is the procedure for concurrently working at a medical institution in Kanagawa Prefecture.
　　

If there is a change in the name of the designated physician, the name of the medical institution, or Address, a "Notification of Change" is required.

You can download the necessary documents from the notification of change (outside site).

If the designated doctor dies, declines, or retires from a medical institution, a "decline notification" is required.

You can download the necessary documents from the notice of decline (outside site).

If there is a consultation from a patient on how to apply, please guide the page to those who apply for a certificate of the physically disabled.

In addition, please utilize guidance handbill (guidance of certificate of the physically disabled-to Yokohama citizen ... (PDF: 344KB)) by all means.