✨ Hearing Aid Services Notice
1836 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 79 8 JUNE 2011
(2) Subject to subclause (3), hearing aid funding is available not more than once in every 6-year period for each ear of an eligible person.
(3) Despite subclause (2), hearing aid funding is available not more than 3 times in every 6-year period for each ear of a person who is eligible for hearing aid funding under clause BC2(2)(a) or (b).
Defined in this notice: approved hearing aid list, GST, hearing aid, hearing aid funding, manufacturer, services manager
BC2 Person who is eligible for hearing aid funding
(1) Subject to subclause (3), a person is eligible for hearing aid funding if the person is eligible to receive services funded under the Act, as specified by the Minister in a direction issued under section 103 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 and the person meets 1 or more of the other eligibility criteria set out in subclause (2).
(2) To be eligible for hearing aid funding, a person must (in addition to meeting the basic eligibility criteria referred to in subclause (1)) also meet 1 or more of the following criteria:
Preschoolers, children, and persons up to age of 21 years and in full-time study
(a) the person is under the age of 5 years:
(b) the person is of or over the age of 5 years, but under the age of 21 years, and is in full-time study:
Persons in full-time study (of or over the age of 21 years)
(c) the person is of or over the age of 21 years, holds a community services card, and is in full-time study:
Persons with complex needs (of or over the age of 16 years)
(d) the person is of or over the age of 16 years and has had severe long-term hearing loss since childhood:
(e) the person is of or over the age of 16 years and has had sudden and severe hearing loss during adulthood:
(f) the person is of or over the age of 16 years and has a significant visual disability:
(g) the person is of or over the age of 16 years and has a significant physical or intellectual disability that impacts on the person’s ability to communicate effectively and safely:
Community services cardholders (of or over the age of 16 years) who are working, including doing certain kinds of voluntary work
(h) the person is of or over the age of 16 years, holds a community services card, and is working more than 30 hours per week:
(i) the person is of or over the age of 16 years, holds a community services card, and, if the person is unable to work 30 hours per week due to the limitations of their disability, is working at their maximum capacity:
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🏥 Health & Social WelfareHearing aid services, Crown funding, Eligibility criteria, Principles, Subsidies, General requirements, Definitions, Amendment or revocation, Audiology provider, Hearing assessment, Hearing needs assessment, Claim submission, Payment authorisation, Hearing aid funding, Approved hearing aid list, Services manager