38. The Board shall assume the cost of purchasing or replacing a personal amplifier for, notwithstanding section 29, a person with a hearing deficiency referred to in paragraph 2 of section 1 or for any person with a hearing deficiency to whom a personal amplifier is supplied instead of a hearing aid.
For the purposes of this section, a person with a hearing deficiency living in a residential and long-term care centre operated by an institution within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2) is deemed to meet the condition of living independently at home as provided for in section 7.
O.C. 869-93, s. 38; O.C. 535-97, s. 27; O.C. 1403-2001, s. 11; O.C. 382-2006, s. 28.