67Individuals with an impairment or sickness

67  Individuals with an impairment or sickness

 (1) This section applies in relation to an individual and a service type or funded aged care service if:

 (a) the individual has a long‑term physical, mental, sensory or intellectual impairment and the impairment may hinder the individual’s participation in society on an equal basis with others as a result of the impairment’s interaction with various barriers; and

 (b) any of the following apply:

 (i) each of the funded aged care services in the service type, or the funded aged care service, is an in‑home, residential or other community support service and access to the funded aged care services in the service type, or the funded aged care service, is necessary to support the individual to live and be included in the community, and to prevent isolation or segregation of the individual from the community;

 (ii) access to the funded aged care services in the service type, or the funded aged care service, will facilitate personal mobility of the individual in the manner and at the time of the individual’s choice;

 (iii) the funded aged care services in the service type each involve, or the funded aged care service involves, a mobility aid or device, or assistive technology, live assistance or intermediaries that will facilitate personal mobility of the individual;

 (iv) the funded aged care services in the service type are each, or the funded aged care service is, a health service that the individual needs because of the individual’s impairment or because of the interaction of the individual’s impairment with various barriers;

 (v) the funded aged care services in the service type are each, or the funded aged care service is, a habilitation or rehabilitation service;

 (vi) the funded aged care services in the service type are each, or the funded aged care service is, a service that will assist the individual to access a service mentioned in subparagraph (iv) or (v);

 (vii) the funded aged care services in the service type, or the funded aged care service, will minimise the prospects of the individual acquiring a further impairment or prevent the individual from acquiring a further impairment.

 (2) This section applies in relation to an individual and a service type or funded aged care service if the funded aged care services in the service type are each, or the funded aged care service is, a medical service required by the individual because of sickness.

 (3) This section applies in relation to an individual and the service group home support, assistive technology or home modifications but only to the extent to which this section applies to the service types or funded aged care services in the service group in accordance with subsections (1) and (2).