Legal basis: Provisions of Public Security Organs on Handling Injury Cases
Article 18 After accepting a case of injury, the public security organ shall issue a power of attorney for injury identification within 24 hours, and inform the victim to go to a designated appraisal institution for injury identification.
Article 19 If the personal injury appraisal standards promulgated by the relevant state departments, the victim's injury at that time and the hospital diagnosis certificate meet the conditions for immediate injury appraisal, the appraisal institution of the public security organ shall put forward appraisal opinions within 24 hours from the date of being entrusted and issue appraisal documents within 3 days.
If the injury is complex and does not have the conditions for immediate appraisal, it shall put forward appraisal opinions and issue appraisal documents within 7 days from the date of entrustment. If it affects the function of tissues and organs or the injury is complicated and difficult to identify for a while, it shall timely put forward the appraisal opinions and issue the appraisal documents after the injury is stable.