Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2020C00681:reg:7:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2020C00681
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 7 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 21896–27331

7      Aboriginal persons or Torres Strait Islanders who are:                                                                                                                                                                                                             1. Services that are necessary to assess and measure the nature and extent of any hearing loss in the person.
         (a) under 26; or                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 2. Provision of any hearing device (other than a cochlear implant or a cochlear implant speech processor unit) that is:
         (b) over 50; or                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    (a) clinically appropriate to the hearing loss, the person's capacity to benefit from the device and his or her life circumstances; and
         (c) a participant in the CDP; or                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   (b) approved by the Authority.
         (d) an eligible person; or                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       3. For an eligible person, replacement of a hearing device (other than a cochlear implant or a cochlear implant speech processor unit):
         (e) a person who:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  (a) that has been:
            (i) was a participant in the CDEP Program at any time between 1 December 2005 and 30 June 2008; and                                                                                                                                                                (i) destroyed; or
            (ii) ceased to be a participant before 30 June 2013; and                                                                                                                                                                                                           (ii) lost, and unlikely to be found; or
            (iii) between ceasing to be a participant and 30 June 2013 had received or was part way through receiving from the Authority one or more of the hearing services specified in Part 8 of Schedule 1 to the Declared Hearing Services Determination 1997; or         (iii) damaged, and cannot be reasonably repaired; and
         (f) a person who:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  (b) if authorised by the Authority in accordance with regulation 4A of the Australian Hearing Services Regulations 2019.
            (i) was a participant in the CDEP Program at any time on or after 30 June 2013; and                                                                                                                                                                           4. Services necessary to fit, and monitor the suitability of, a selected hearing device and to achieve the maximum functionality of the device.
            (ii) has ceased to be a participant; and                                                                                                                                                                                                                      5. Ongoing advice and assistance about rehabilitation to the extent necessary to enable the person to achieve a rehabilitation outcome commensurate with his or her needs, including the provision of advice and support to the person's family and community on the management and support of the person in regard to his or her hearing impairment.
            (iii) before ceasing to be a participant had received or was part way through receiving from the Authority one or more of the hearing services specified in Part 8 of Schedule 1 to the Declared Hearing Services Determination 1997; or                      6. Provision of necessary repairs, adjustment and maintenance of a hearing device, including the reasonable provision of replacement batteries.
         (g) a person who:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                7. Provision of services, training and advice, in a culturally appropriate way, on matters of aural health and hygiene, including services, training and advice for the prevention and treatment of chronic conditions such as otitis media.
            (i) was a participant in