Limitation on receipt of modified motor vehicle as medical benefit.
1. An employee is entitled to receive as a medical benefit a motor vehicle that is modified to allow the employee to operate the vehicle safely if:
(a) As a result of an occupational disease arising out of and in the course of his employment, he is quadriplegic, paraplegic or has had a part of his body amputated; and
(b) He cannot be fitted with a prosthetic device which allows him to operate a motor vehicle safely.
2. If an employee is entitled to receive a motor vehicle pursuant to subsection 1, a motor vehicle must be modified to allow the employee to operate it safely in the following order of preference:
(a) A motor vehicle owned by the employee must be so modified if the insurer or employer providing medical benefits determines that it is reasonably feasible to do so.
(b) A used motor vehicle must be so modified if the insurer or employer providing medical benefits determines that it is reasonably feasible to do so.
(c) A new motor vehicle must be so modified.
Last modified: February 25, 2006