A-29, r. 3 - Regulation respecting insured visual aids and related services

Section 10 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

10. The repair of an insured visual aid or of an insured component or supplement is insured, as is the repair of an uninsured visual aid or of an uninsured component or supplement whose cost has already been reimbursed by the Board or by a visual aid program under the responsibility of the Minister of Health and Social Services before 2 June 2011 and that appears in the list in the Tariff.

The repair of an uninsured visual aid at the disposal of a person with a visual deficiency is also insured, if the aid is similar in function and price to an aid appearing in the Tariff, provided that the person is entitled to such aid at the time of repair.

The levelling of a computer aid listed in Part II of Schedule I is deemed to be a repair, provided that the aid meets a need arising out of the visual deficiency of the insured person.

Despite the foregoing, where the cost for repairing a visual aid, a component or a supplement, added to the cost of previous repairs, exceeds 70% of the cost of replacing the aid, component or supplement by a new one, only the replacement of the aid, component or supplement is insured, unless the visual aid needing repair is the only one that can meet the needs of the person with a visual deficiency.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the repair of a visual aid used negligently or used for purposes for which it was not designed or for which it was not loaned is not insured.

O.C. 1403-96, s. 10; O.C. 375-99, s. 2; O.C. 470-2011, s. 8.