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

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Jurisdiction

 
Waiting Period1

 
Retroactive
Period

 
Unlimited2

Employer

Employee

Artificial
Appliances
Furnished

Alberta

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 $807.28 (male),
$1,596.22 (female); lower limb-$554.95 (male), $1,411.74 (female);
wheelchair-$1,377.80 (male), $2,338.36 (female) effective 1/1/20.
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 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 Level of attendance
services depends on the reasonable level of care required. $5,000
maximum for emergency expenditures.

New
Brunswick

Two 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 one day
7/1/20.

20 working days

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Medical aid includes repair or replacement of appliances. For 2020-
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.

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.

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 lower
limb 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.

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Choice of Physician

Medical Benefits
Special Provisions
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