(1) Any person with specified disability, may apply in Form -IV for a certificate of disability, and submit the application to,-
(a) a medical authority or any other notified competent authority to issue such a certificate in the district of residence of the applicant as mentioned in the proof of residence in the application; or
(b) the concerned medical authority in a government hospital where the person with specified disability may be undergoing or may have undergone treatment in connection with such disability:
Provided that where a person with disability is a minor or having intellectual disability or any other disability which renders the person with disability unfit or unable to make such an application, the application on behalf of the person with disability may be made by the legal guardian of such a person with disability or the authorized representative of a Government organization having the person with disability under its care or any organization registered under the Act having the person with disability under its care.
(2) The application shall be accompanied by,-
(a) proof of residence;
(b) two recent passport size photographs; and
(c) Aadhaar number or aadhaar enrollment number, if any.
Note.- No other proof of residence shall be demanded from the applicant who has aadhaar or aadhaar enrollment number.
25. The Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi shall notify the certifying authorities who shall be competent to issue a certificate of disability and the jurisdiction and terms and conditions subject to which the certifying authority shall perform its certification functions as per the provisions of sub- sections (1) and (2) of section 57 of the Act.