Optical Plan. (a) The Optical Plan shall provide for reimbursement of eligible expenses for the following: (i) eye examinations by an optometrist, but for not more than one (1) examination in a period of twenty-four (24) months, and twelve (12) months in the case of a dependent child under age 18, provide benefits are not payable for the examination under any government medical care insurance plan; (ii) optical appliances, provided such appliances are necessary for the correction of vision and are prescribed by a physician or optometrist and repairs to such appliances, subject to maximum total eligible expenses of $200.00 during the twenty-four (24) month period ending on the date an eligible expense for such appliances is incurred; (iii) optical appliances which are prescribed by an ophthalmologist as a result of a surgical procedure, subject to maximum total lifetime eligible expenses of $200.00 for such appliances in respect of any one surgical procedure; (iv) contact lenses, where an ophthalmologist certifies that such contact lenses are necessary as a result of a surgical procedure or for the treatment of keratoconus, and that satisfactory correction of vision cannot be obtained through the use of eye glasses, subject to maximum total lifetime eligible expenses of $150.00 in respect of any one surgical procedure or for the treatment of keratoconus.
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Optical Plan. (a) The Optical Plan shall provide for reimbursement of eligible expenses for the following:
(i) eye examinations by an optometrist, but for not more than one (1) examination in a period of twenty-four (24) months, and twelve (12) months in the case of a dependent dependant child under age 18, provide benefits are not payable for the examination under any government medical care insurance plan;
(ii) optical appliances, provided such appliances are necessary for the correction of vision and are prescribed by a physician or optometrist and repairs to such appliances, subject to maximum total eligible expenses of $200.00 during the twenty-four (24) month period ending on the date an eligible expense for such appliances is incurred;
(iii) optical appliances which are prescribed by an ophthalmologist as a result of a surgical procedure, subject to maximum total lifetime eligible expenses of $200.00 for such appliances in respect of any one surgical procedure;
(iv) contact lenses, where an ophthalmologist certifies that such contact lenses are necessary as a result of a surgical procedure or for the treatment of keratoconus, and that satisfactory correction of vision cannot be obtained through the use of eye glasses, subject to maximum total lifetime eligible expenses of $150.00 in respect of any one surgical procedure or for the treatment of keratoconus.
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Sources: Transportation Collective Agreement