QLDIn ForceAct
Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003
sec.212Extent of liability for prosthetic expenses
Start here
Get a plain-English read of sec.212
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003.
### sec.212 Extent of liability for prosthetic expenses
This section applies if a worker, because of a condition resulting from an injury—
is fitted with a prosthesis; or
is dependent on support of a medical aid, or crutches or another assistive device.
The insurer must pay expenses necessarily incurred by the worker that the insurer accepts as reasonable on account of—
reasonable wear and tear of the prosthesis, medical aid or device; or
replacement of the prosthesis, medical aid or device due to reasonable wear and tear; or
damage to, or destruction of, a prosthesis, medical aid or device as a result of injury in a further event.
s 212 amd 2004 No. 45 s 34
(sec.212-ssec.1) This section applies if a worker, because of a condition resulting from an injury— is fitted with a prosthesis; or is dependent on support of a medical aid, or crutches or another assistive device.
(sec.212-ssec.2) The insurer must pay expenses necessarily incurred by the worker that the insurer accepts as reasonable on account of— reasonable wear and tear of the prosthesis, medical aid or device; or replacement of the prosthesis, medical aid or device due to reasonable wear and tear; or damage to, or destruction of, a prosthesis, medical aid or device as a result of injury in a further event.
- (a) is fitted with a prosthesis; or
- (b) is dependent on support of a medical aid, or crutches or another assistive device.
- (a) reasonable wear and tear of the prosthesis, medical aid or device; or
- (b) replacement of the prosthesis, medical aid or device due to reasonable wear and tear; or
- (c) damage to, or destruction of, a prosthesis, medical aid or device as a result of injury in a further event.