7. Subject to sections 8 to 14, expenses incurred for purposes of receiving medical or paramedical care qualify for reimbursement in the following instances:(1) when care is medically required and is dispensed in Québec by a physician, a specialized nurse practitioner, a dentist or an optometrist or, when prescribed by a physician or a specialized nurse practitioner, by other professionals governed by the Professional Code (chapter C-26); (2) when care is medically required and is dispensed outside Québec by persons authorized by the laws of the place where this care is dispensed on the condition such care, if it had been dispensed in Québec, would have qualified for reimbursement under a social security plan.
Despite the foregoing, a person entitled to the reimbursement of expenses incurred to receive psychological treatment under subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph of section 62 of the Act is not required to have a prescription from a physician or a specialized nurse practitioner justifying the treatment.
O.C. 1925-89, s. 7; S.Q. 2020, c. 6, s. 44; 1613-2023O.C. 1613-2023, s. 41.