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

Section 15.1 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

15.1. An ambulation aid is insured only where it is furnished to an insured person on the written prescription of a physician referred to in the Tariff whose contents meet the requirements of section 28 and where the insured person must use such aid on a daily basis for at least 12 months.

Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, an ambulation aid is insured only in respect of an insured person whose inability to walk cannot be compensated for, if he requires a cane, by a cane on the list in the Tariff or, if he requires a crutch, by a cane or crutch on the list in the Tariff or, if he requires a walker or a children’s depth-adjustable, height-adjustable, 4-wheeled walker with thoracic support, by a cane, a crutch, a walker or a children’s depth-adjustable, height-adjustable, 4-wheeled walker with thoracic support on the list in the Tariff.

O.C. 1334-98, s. 6; Decision 001-2009, s. 7.