198.1. The Commission shall pay the cost of the purchase, adjustment, repair and replacement of a prosthesis or orthesis referred to in paragraph 4 of section 189 as determined by regulation by the Commission, which regulation may specify the cases where, the conditions on which and up to what amount payments may be made, as well as the prior authorizations to which such payments may be subject.
In the case of a prosthesis or orthesis with characteristics identical to those of a prosthesis or orthesis covered by a program administered by the Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec pursuant to the Health Insurance Act (chapter A-29) or the Act respecting the Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec (chapter R-5), the amount payable by the Commission is the amount determined in that program.
1992, c. 11, s. 11; 1999, c. 89, s. 53.