164. A worker who receives personal home assistance, carries on an activity as part of his personal rehabilitation program or, as a result of his employment injury, is sheltered in a reception centre within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-5), or who is hospitalized may be reimbursed for child care expenses up to the amounts mentioned in Schedule V if(1) the worker assumes alone the custody of his children;
(2) the worker’s spouse is unable, owing to illness or disability, to care for the children living under their roof; or
(3) the worker’s spouse must be absent from the residence to be with the worker when the latter is sheltered in a reception centre or hospitalized, or to accompany the worker to any activity carries on by the latter as part of his personal rehabilitation program.