Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 212

212 Extent of liability for prosthetic expenses

(1) This section applies if a worker, because of a condition resulting from an injury—

(a) is fitted with a prosthesis; or

(b) is dependent on support of a medical aid, or crutches or another assistive device.

(2) The insurer must pay expenses necessarily incurred by the worker that the insurer accepts as reasonable on account of—

(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.