USCC Workers Comp 2023 - 87

2023 Analysis of Workers' Compensation Laws | 87
Chart IX-Waiting Period for Income/Medical Benefits, cont.
Jurisdiction Waiting Period1
Retroactive
Period
British
Columbia
54
Unlimited2
Yes55
Choice of Physician
Employer
Artificial
Employee
Yes56
Appliances
Furnished
Yes
Medical Benefits
Special Provisions
Appliances are repaired or replaced when damaged in a compensable
accident and are also provided when they are required as a result
of a workplace injury or disease [§161, Act]. Eyeglasses, dentures,
and hearing aids replaced or repaired even where no injury, as long
as accident corroborated and worker not at fault. Board may provide
protective eyeglasses where serious visual impairment is caused by
work injury. Additional allowances available: personal care allowance,
annual clothing allowance (for wear due to prosthesis or brace),
independence and home maintenance allowance, and subsistence
allowance (when traveling for medical care).
Manitoba57
One day
Yes
Yes
Yes
Medical aid includes repair or replacement of damaged or lost clothing
or personal appliances, if personal injury. Personal appliances include
eyeglasses, contact lenses, and prosthetic devices. Clothing allowance
for additional wear-$342 for upper body, $342 for lower body, $685
for upper and lower body or for wheelchair users.58
services depends on the reasonable level of care required. $5,000
maximum for emergency expenditures.
New
Brunswick
One day-waived
when hospitalization
is required or if the
injured worker is
employed as a police
officer or firefighter.59
Newfoundland
and Labrador
One day
20 working days Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Medical aid includes repair or replacement of appliances. As of 2021-
clothing allowance for wear and tear due to prosthesis is $430.04;
may also provide twice the annual allowance ($860.08) for multiple
amputations. Care allowances are based on level of care per month.
Range level 1 to 7. Amounts range from $85.73 to $1,951.20 per month.
Benefits paid
effective first
date of medical
treatment
supporting lost
time60
Northwest
Territories and
Nunavut
One day
Yes
Yes
Yes
The Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission (WSCC) may
provide an annual allowance of up to $500 for damage to a worker's
clothing as a result of wearing a WSCC-supplied upper- or lowerlimb
prosthesis or appliance. The WSCC may also provide an annual
allowance of up to $1,000 for damage to a worker's clothing from the
use of a WSCC-supplied wheelchair. Clothing allowances for wear due
to prosthetic device-$500. Board may repair or replace appliances
damaged in a compensable accident.
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Two days7, 61
No
Waiting period
paid if off five
weeks
No
Yes
Yes
Yes62
Yes
63
Initial choice
Yes
Yes
Attendant's allowance may be paid. Annual clothing allowance up to
$750. Boards may repair or replace appliances and renew eyeglasses
(replaced if damaged in work-related accident).
Unless authorized by the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board, the
combined hours of care provided by multiple attendants must not exceed
24 hours per day. Clothing allowance due to prosthetic device-$295.20
for devices causing minor damage and $590.40 for devices causing major
damage.64
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
WorkplaceNL may repair or replace appliances and may pay daily
allowance for treatment away from home. Clothing allowance for wear
due to prosthetic device-$300 annually. Evaluation of personal care on
worker's individual needs.
Level of attendance
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