A-29, r. 2 - Regulation respecting hearing devices and insured services

Section 6 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

6. For a person with a hearing deficiency, the Board shall assume the cost of purchasing a hearing aid referred to in this Regulation, or the cost of replacing a hearing aid belonging to a person with a hearing deficiency with a hearing aid referred to in this Regulation:

(1)  in the case of the initial fitting or the replacement of a hearing aid for a person with a hearing deficiency described in paragraphs 1 to 3 of section 1, upon the production of

(a)  a medical certificate from an otorhinolaryngologist confirming the hearing loss, indicating whether or not it is a permanent hearing loss, and specifying any medical indication or contraindication with regard to the device;

(b)  an audiogram and an attestation of the need for a hearing aid issued and signed by an audiologist following an overall evaluation of the deficiencies and functional limitations carried out by the audiologist, in the case of a person with a hearing deficiency 65 years of age or over, at the time of the examination;

in other cases, an audiogram and an attestation of the need for a hearing aid issued and signed by an audiologist or by an otorhinolaryngologist;

notwithstanding the foregoing, the attestation referred to in the 2 paragraphs of this clause shall not be considered for the purposes of this subparagraph if it gives the trademark of the hearing aid, the name of a hearing aid acoustician or any name he uses in the practice of his profession, or the name of a hearing aid manufacturer or distributor;

(c)  an attestation of school attendance for a person with a hearing deficiency described in paragraph 2 of the definition of “person with a hearing deficiency” in section 1;

(2)  in the case of an initial fitting or a replacement for a person with a hearing deficiency described in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the definition of “person with a hearing deficiency” in section 1 and at the time of allocating the hearing aids provided for in the second and third paragraphs of section 23, upon the production of

(a)  a medical certificate from an otorhinolaryngologist confirming the hearing loss, indicating whether or not it is a permanent hearing loss, and specifying any medical indication or contraindication with regard to the device;

(b)  an overall assessment of the impairment and functional limitations by an audiologist or a speech therapist;

(c)  an attestation of the need for a hearing aid produced and signed by an audiologist. Such attestation may not be considered for the purposes of this paragraph if it gives the trademark of a hearing aid, the name of a hearing aid acoustician or any name he uses in the practice of his profession, or the name of a hearing aid manufacturer or distributor;

(d)  a specific recommendation by an audiologist where the second prosthesis of a binaural device is provided;

(e)  an attestation of school attendance in the case of a person with a hearing deficiency referred to in subparagraph 2 of the second paragraph of section 23;

(f)  an attestation issued by a recognized institution referred to in the sixth paragraph of section 3 of the Act, in the case of a person with a hearing deficiency referred to in the second paragraph of section 23, to the effect that he is also a visually handicapped person within the meaning of the Act.

Moreover, the hearing aid must be furnished and the services rendered in Québec by a hearing aid acoustician who is a member of the Ordre des audioprothésistes du Québec.

The certificate, audiogram, attestation of the need for a hearing aid, overall assessment and recommendation referred to in this section shall have been issued within a one-year period preceding the date of the initial fitting or replacement of the hearing aid.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, where the otorhinolaryngologist has already indicated in a medical certificate that the hearing loss is permanent, a new certificate shall not be required.

O.C. 869-93, s. 6; O.C. 535-97, s. 3; O.C. 1403-2001, s. 1; O.C. 382-2006, ss. 6 and 28; O.C. 1090-2011, s. 2.