A-3.001, r. 1 - Regulation respecting medical aid

Section 17.0.2 Disposition versions

2021-01-25

17.0.2. Subject to a prescription to the contrary from the health professional in charge of the worker concerning the date on which treatment begins, the Commission assumes only the cost of the occupational therapy sessions held from the sixth week following the date of the employment injury and if the employment injury is not consolidated on that date. The foregoing also applies to the reimbursement of the cost of an initial evaluation.

Despite the first paragraph, the Commission assumes the cost of sessions held before that date, if the prescription of the health professional in charge of the worker pertains to one or more of the following injuries:

(1)  a hand or wrist injury;

(2)  a complex regional pain syndrome, regardless of the site of the injury;

(3)  nerve damage to the upper limbs;

(4)  a burn, regardless of the site of the injury.

O.C. 565-2018, s. 12.

2018-05-24

17.0.2. Subject to a prescription to the contrary from the physician in charge of the worker concerning the date on which treatment begins, the Commission assumes only the cost of the occupational therapy sessions held from the sixth week following the date of the employment injury and if the employment injury is not consolidated on that date. The foregoing also applies to the reimbursement of the cost of an initial evaluation.

Despite the first paragraph, the Commission assumes the cost of sessions held before that date, if the prescription of the physician in charge of the worker pertains to one or more of the following injuries:

(1)  a hand or wrist injury;

(2)  a complex regional pain syndrome, regardless of the site of the injury;

(3)  nerve damage to the upper limbs;

(4)  a burn, regardless of the site of the injury.

O.C. 565-2018, s. 12.