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Chart IX-Waiting Period for Income/Medical Benefits, cont.
Choice of Physician

Medical Benefits

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Employee

Artificial
Appliances
Furnished

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Labor secretary may change52

Yes

Consent for specialist, if needed.

One day

Yes

Yes, at board's discretion

Yes

Appliances repaired or replaced by board. Board may repair or replace
garments damaged in compensable accident. Clothing allowance for
wear due to prosthetic or wheelchair; upper limb-up to $800.28
(male), $1,583.40 (female); lower limb-$548.06 (male), $1,396.28
(female); wheelchair-$1,360.02 (male), $2,307.98 (female) effective
1/1/19. Attendance allowance determined by degree of personal care
required and will reflect actual and reasonable costs or competitive
rates.

British
Columbia

54

Yes55

Yes56

Yes

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 [§21, 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 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-$333 for upper body, $333 for lower body, $667
for upper and lower body or for wheelchair users.58 Level of attendance
services depends on the reasonable level of care required. $5,000
maximum for emergency expenditures.

New
Brunswick

Three days-waived
when hospitalization
is required or if the
injured worker is
employed as a police
officer or firefighter.59
The waiting period
will be reduced to two
days 7/1/19.

20 working days

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Medical aid includes repair or replacement of appliances. For 2019-
Clothing allowance for wear and tear due to prosthesis is $421.11;
may also provide twice the annual allowance ($842.22) for multiple
amputations. Care allowances are based on level of care per month.
Range level 1 to 7. Amounts range from $83.95 to $1,910.69 per month.

Newfoundland
and Labrador

One day

Benefits paid
effective first
date of medical
treatment
supporting lost
time60

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.

Jurisdiction

Waiting Period1

Retroactive
Period

FECA

Three days51

Two weeks

Longshore Act

Three days

Two weeks

Alberta

53

Unlimited2

Employer

Special Provisions
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