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

Section 2 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

2. A person who is insured within the meaning of the Health Insurance Act (chapter A-29) and who has a visual deficiency such as to render the person permanently incapable of reading, writing, moving about in an unfamiliar environment, or carrying on activities related to the person’s lifestyle or social roles, is a person having a visual deficiency.

For the purposes of the first paragraph, visual deficiency is characterized, for each eye, after correction by means of ophthalmic lenses, excluding special optic systems and additions greater than 4 diopters, by one of the following conditions:

(1)  a visual acuity of less than 6/21;

(2)  a visual acuity equal to or less than 6/18 for persons who suffer from a degenerative visual problem, a motor, hearing or speech physical deficiency, or an intellectual deficiency;

(3)  a continuous visual field of less than 60 °, including the central fixation point measured horizontally or vertically;

(4)  complete hemianopia.

O.C. 1403-96, s. 2; O.C. 470-2011, s. 3.