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Amendments to LITP in 2023 established the possibility to submit a medical report in the procedure. Previously, only the provisions of the Law on General Administrative Procedure regulated that possibility.[1] According to the amendments to LITP, the Ministry of Interior with the consent of the applicant for international protection may organize a medical examination in order to determine the exposure to persecution or the risk of suffering serious harm in accordance with the Law on the General Administrative Procedure, and the costs of the medical examination shall be borne by the Ministry of Interior. When the Ministry of Interior assesses that a medical examination is not necessary, the applicant must be informed in writing, or orally on the record if she/he is illiterate, that she/he can organize such an examination on their own initiative and at their own expense.[2]
The LITP also provide the possibility to use medical records in the age assessment procedure.[3]
[1] Article 58(1) Law on General Administrative Procedure.
[2] Article 28(4)-(5) LITP
[3] Article 18(2)-(8) LITP.