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

Section 7 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

7. For a person with a hearing deficiency, the Board shall assume the cost of purchase, replacement or repair of an assistive listening device referred to in this Regulation only if it is essential to the integration of the person into school or the workplace, to the person’s independence at home or in a training environment, to the person’s participation in family life or to the person’s safety, in the case of an initial purchase of any assistive listening device or a replacement of the devices referred to in sections 37 and 38 and in the cases described in paragraphs 1 and 2 of section 16, upon production of

(1)  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;

(2)  an audiogram produced and signed by an audiologist;

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

(4)  a recommendation for an assistive listening device by an audiologist. Such recommendation may not be considered for the purposes of this section if it gives the trademark of an assistive listening device or the name of a distributor or manufacturer of an assistive listening device an assistive listening device manufacturer;

(5)  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 who is supplied with a hearing device referred to in section 43, to the effect that he is also a visually handicapped person within the meaning of the Act;

(6)  an attestation issued by a recognized institution referred to in the sixth paragraph of section 3 of the Act, to the effect that the person with a hearing deficiency is also a visually handicapped person within the meaning of the Act, if he invokes the latter reason in order for the Board to assume for him, under section 37, the initial purchase cost of a hearing device.

Moreover, the assistive listening device shall be furnished and the services rendered in Québec by a distributor.

The certificate, audiogram, overall assessment and recommendation referred to in this section shall have been issued within a one-year period preceding the date of the initial purchase or replacement of the assistive listening device.

Despite the third paragraph, the audiogram required may be more than 1 year old, provided that the audiologist making the overall assessment and the recommendation is able to confirm, on the basis of the audiogram, that the person concerned meets the criteria for hearing impairment described in this Regulation.

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

O.C. 869-93, s. 7; O.C. 535-97, s. 4; O.C. 1403-2001, s. 2; O.C. 382-2006, ss. 7 and 28.