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

Section 19 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

19. Upon the purchase or replacement of a hearing aid, the Board pays the hearing aid acoustician or an institution that operates a rehabilitation centre offering technical aid services for persons with a hearing deficiency and that holds a permit issued by the Minister under section 437 of the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2) or section 136 of the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5), where the services are rendered by a hearing aid acoustician in its employ, the tariff fixed by the Board under section 72.1 of the Health Insurance Act (chapter A-29) to cover all of the following services:

(1)  the cost of the services required for the fitting and adjustment of the hearing aid during the first year following the date on which the person with a hearing deficiency takes possession of the hearing aid and, notwithstanding section 9, the cost of the services and parts required for any repair of the hearing aid done under warranty and the cost of the services required for any repair not done under warranty but required during the warranty period;

(2)  the loan of a hearing aid while repairs are being done to the hearing aid during the first year of use;

(3)  the cost of purchasing the initial batteries, up to a maximum of 2;

(4)  the repair estimate for a hearing aid after the warranty period where the estimate exceeds 70% of the cost of purchasing that hearing aid during the minimum duration, or where the estimate plus the total cost of repairs since the minimum period has expired exceeds 60% of the cost of purchasing that hearing aid;

(5)  the cost of the services required to add, during the first year following the date on which the person with a hearing deficiency takes possession of the hearing aid, options or accessories that are provided for in Part I of Schedule I of the Tariff for insured hearing aids and related services (chapter A-29, r. 8) or that were provided for therein at the time of the purchase or replacement of the hearing aid.

The Board shall assume the cost of options or accessories without including that cost in the amount initially paid and provided for in the first paragraph only if the options or accessories are added to the hearing aid or replaced and are provided for in Part I of Schedule I of the Tariff for insured hearing aids and related services or were provided for therein at the time of the purchase or replacement of the hearing aid.

The tariff in the first paragraph is increased by the amount provided for in the Tariff for insured hearing aids and related services where an initial earmold is provided, or in the case of the allocation of an in-the-ear type hearing aid, a shell impression is made.

O.C. 869-93, s. 19; O.C. 535-97, s. 14; O.C. 1403-2001, s. 6; Decision 2001-12-12, s. 1; Decision 2004-04-14, s. 1; Decision 2005-04-13, s. 1; O.C. 382-2006, s. 10; O.C. 1090-2011, s. 4.