P-9.2.1, r. 1 - Regulation respecting the application of the Act to assist persons who are victims of criminal offences and to facilitate their recovery

Schedule Disposition versions

2021-10-13

SCHEDULE X

(ss. 136, 140, 144, 145 and 148)

TECHNICAL AIDS AND OTHER COSTS

TECHNICAL AIDS

1. Locomotive apparatus:

(1) the cost of acquiring, renewing or leasing canes, crutches, walkers and their accessories;

(2) the cost of leasing a manually propelled wheelchair;

(3) the cost of leasing a motorized wheelchair where the person who is a victim is unable to use his upper limbs to move the wheelchair or where the health professional of the person who is a victim attests that it is contraindicated for them to use a manually propelled wheelchair.

2. Daily life aids:

(1) Adapted objects:

The cost of purchasing aids for eating, dressing, personal hygiene care or household activities, made or modified for use by a person who is a victim having sustained an interference with his or her integrity; such aids include jar openers, stocking-pullers, longhandled combs or brushes, buttoners or other similar objects;

(2) Transfer aids:

The cost of leasing the following transfer aids:

(a) hydraulic, electrical or mechanical patient lifters;

(b) seat lifters for the bathtub;

(c) armchairs for the bath and shower;

(3) Bathroom apparatus:

(a) The cost of purchasing the following bathroom apparatus:

i. bedpans;

ii. urinals;

iii. elevated toilet seats;

iv. safety handles and grabs;

(b) The cost of leasing the following apparatus:

i. commodes and their accessories;

ii. shower chairs;

(4) Hospital beds and accessories:

The cost of leasing a hospital bed and its accessories, namely, bedboards, a bed table, a bed cradle, a trapeze and a footstool.

The cost of leasing an electrical hospital bed is assumed only where the person who is a victim has no-one to position his bed for them and they are capable of positioning an electric bed by themselves.

3. Therapeutic aids:

(1) Transcutaneous nerve stimulators (T.E.N.S.);

(2) The cost of purchasing epidural and intra-thalamic nerve stimulators;

The cost of purchasing those apparatus;

(3) Other therapeutic aids:

The cost of purchasing the following therapeutic aids:

(a) accessories for the prevention and treatment of bed sores such as a sheepskin, a mattress and a cushion, an elbow pad, a foot-drop splint, a heel pad and a donut;

(b) corsets, collars and splints;

(c) exercise equipment such as the following, used in the home as part of an active occupational therapy or physiotherapy program: exercise balls, a balloon, an elastic band, plasticine, a system of pulleys for shoulder ankylosis, weights for the wrist or ankle, a sandbag with a velcro fastener, a fixed resistance exercise apparatus, and a set of light weights under 5 kg;

(d) compressive clothing;

(e) lumbar belts and hernia bandages;

(f) cervical traction devices with dead weights;

(g) intrathecal pumps;

The cost of leasing the following aids:

(a) muscular nerve stimulators;

(b) osteosynthesis apparatus;

(c) continuous passive motion machines (C.P.M.).

4. Communication aids:

(1) the cost of purchasing:

(a) imagers;

(b) communication boards;

(2) Any other technical communication aid on prior authorization by the Minister.

OTHER COSTS

5. Extricating equipment:

The cost of using extricating equipment where the person who is a victim’s condition so requires because of an interference with his or her integrity following a criminal offence.

The costs incurred for the use of extricating equipment are refundable, up a maximum of $360. Where the distance to be travelled is more than 50 km, the refund is increased by a maximum of $1.75 per kilometre travelled to transport the extricating equipment to the site of the perpetration of the criminal offence.

6. Long distance calls:

The long distance calls made by a person who is a victim admitted to and sheltered in an institution within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2) or the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5), because of an interference with his or her integrity up to a maximum of $10 per week insofar as the person who is a victim is sheltered.

O.C. 1266-2021, Sch. X.

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SCHEDULE X

(ss. 136, 140, 144, 145 and 148)

TECHNICAL AIDS AND OTHER COSTS

TECHNICAL AIDS

1. Locomotive apparatus:

(1) the cost of acquiring, renewing or leasing canes, crutches, walkers and their accessories;

(2) the cost of leasing a manually propelled wheelchair;

(3) the cost of leasing a motorized wheelchair where the person who is a victim is unable to use his upper limbs to move the wheelchair or where the health professional of the person who is a victim attests that it is contraindicated for them to use a manually propelled wheelchair.

2. Daily life aids:

(1) Adapted objects:

The cost of purchasing aids for eating, dressing, personal hygiene care or household activities, made or modified for use by a person who is a victim having sustained an interference with his or her integrity; such aids include jar openers, stocking-pullers, longhandled combs or brushes, buttoners or other similar objects;

(2) Transfer aids:

The cost of leasing the following transfer aids:

(a) hydraulic, electrical or mechanical patient lifters;

(b) seat lifters for the bathtub;

(c) armchairs for the bath and shower;

(3) Bathroom apparatus:

(a) The cost of purchasing the following bathroom apparatus:

i. bedpans;

ii. urinals;

iii. elevated toilet seats;

iv. safety handles and grabs;

(b) The cost of leasing the following apparatus:

i. commodes and their accessories;

ii. shower chairs;

(4) Hospital beds and accessories:

The cost of leasing a hospital bed and its accessories, namely, bedboards, a bed table, a bed cradle, a trapeze and a footstool.

The cost of leasing an electrical hospital bed is assumed only where the person who is a victim has no-one to position his bed for them and they are capable of positioning an electric bed by themselves.

3. Therapeutic aids:

(1) Transcutaneous nerve stimulators (T.E.N.S.);

(2) The cost of purchasing epidural and intra-thalamic nerve stimulators;

The cost of purchasing those apparatus;

(3) Other therapeutic aids:

The cost of purchasing the following therapeutic aids:

(a) accessories for the prevention and treatment of bed sores such as a sheepskin, a mattress and a cushion, an elbow pad, a foot-drop splint, a heel pad and a donut;

(b) corsets, collars and splints;

(c) exercise equipment such as the following, used in the home as part of an active occupational therapy or physiotherapy program: exercise balls, a balloon, an elastic band, plasticine, a system of pulleys for shoulder ankylosis, weights for the wrist or ankle, a sandbag with a velcro fastener, a fixed resistance exercise apparatus, and a set of light weights under 5 kg;

(d) compressive clothing;

(e) lumbar belts and hernia bandages;

(f) cervical traction devices with dead weights;

(g) intrathecal pumps;

The cost of leasing the following aids:

(a) muscular nerve stimulators;

(b) osteosynthesis apparatus;

(c) continuous passive motion machines (C.P.M.).

4. Communication aids:

(1) the cost of purchasing:

(a) imagers;

(b) communication boards;

(2) Any other technical communication aid on prior authorization by the Minister.

OTHER COSTS

5. Extricating equipment:

The cost of using extricating equipment where the person who is a victim’s condition so requires because of an interference with his or her integrity following a criminal offence.

The costs incurred for the use of extricating equipment are refundable, up a maximum of $360. Where the distance to be travelled is more than 50 km, the refund is increased by a maximum of $1.75 per kilometre travelled to transport the extricating equipment to the site of the perpetration of the criminal offence.

6. Long distance calls:

The long distance calls made by a person who is a victim admitted to and sheltered in an institution within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2) or the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5), because of an interference with his or her integrity up to a maximum of $10 per week insofar as the person who is a victim is sheltered.

O.C. 1266-2021, Sch. X.