A-29, r. 4 - Regulation respecting devices which compensate for a physical deficiency and are insured under the Health Insurance Act

Section 66 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

66. At the time of purchase or replacement of an insured powered wheel chair, the total cost assumed by the Board is the price fixed in the Tariff for the following services combined:

(1)  the cost of services required for taking measurements, assembling and adjusting the wheel chair, and for training the insured person; and

(2)  administration and inventory management services.

At the time of purchase or replacement of an insured manual wheel chair or lightweight manual wheel chair, the total cost assumed by the Board for all such services is the price fixed in the Tariff.

Where a wheel chair having already been returned to an institution in accordance with section 57 is again furnished to an insured person, the total cost assumed by the Board for all such services is the price fixed in the Tariff, depending on whether the wheel chair is a powered wheel chair or any other type of wheel chair.

Where a device must be adjusted to the growth of an insured person less than 19 years old, the total cost assumed by the Board for all the services referred to in the first paragraph is the lump sum fixed in the Tariff.

O.C. 612-94, s. 66; O.C. 961-94, s. 1; O.C. 1334-98, s. 33; Decision 2001-11-14, s. 8; Decision 2003-06-11, s. 7; Decision 2004-04-14, s. 5; Decision 2005-04-13, s. 5; Decision 003-2006, s. 6; Decision 001-2007, s. 6; Decision 002-2008, s. 7; Decision 001-2009, s. 36.