A-29, r. 4 - Regulation respecting devices which compensate for a physical deficiency and are insured under the Health Insurance Act

Section 4 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

4. A device is insured where

(1)  it appears on one of the lists in the Tariff; and

(2)  it is manufactured with all of the basic components and supplements appearing in the description of the device under the heading “Basic Component(s) and Supplement(s)” in the Tariff.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a device for which “S.C.” appears under the purchase price or replacement price heading in the Tariff may constitute an insured device for an insured person if it is shown, by means of an evaluation conducted by the person referred to in section 31, that, owing to a specific disability, the insured person is unable to use any of the other insured devices appearing on a list in Part I of the Tariff, and if the device is manufactured with all of the basic components appearing in the description of a similar device found in Part I of the Tariff.

O.C. 612-94, s. 4; O.C. 150-2000, s. 1; Decision 001-2009, s. 3.