Introduction of prosthetic devices 
- last updated:
- December 2, 2022
○・・・Necessary
×: Unnecessary (Even for assistive devices that do not require a statement of opinion, a statement of opinion may be required to confirm the content of the prescription, etc.)
| Type of prosthetic device | application form |
Written opinion
(adult)
|
Written opinion
(child)
|
Quotation | taxation certificate | remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| visual impairment | Safety cane for the visually impaired (ordinary/portable) | ○ | × | New x Reissue × Repair × |
○ | ○ | |
| visual impairment | Glasses (corrective glasses, light shielding glasses, amblyopia glasses, contact lenses) Eye prosthesis (ready-made, custom-made) |
○ | new ○ Reissue × Repair × |
new ○ Reissue ○ Repair × |
○ | ○ | A written opinion is required to change the power of glasses |
| Hearing impairment | Hearing aids (behind-the-ear type/pocket type for severe hearing loss, behind-the-ear/pocket type for severe hearing loss, canal type/bone conduction type/wireless hearing aid system) | ○ | new ○ Reissue × Repair × |
new ○ Reissue ○ Repair × |
○ | ○ | "Ear type" has conditions such as working and attending school |
| Speech/language and physical disabilities | Communication device for severely handicapped people | ○ | new ○ Reissue ○ Repair × Borrowing 〇 |
new ○ Reissue ○ Repair × Borrowing 〇 |
○ | ○ | For repairs, such as switch replacement, a written opinion may be required, so please contact us in advance. |
| physical disability | Walking aids (crutches, Canadian crutches, Lofstrand-clutches, multipoint canes, platform canes) | ○ | × | new ○ Reissue ○ Repair × |
○ | ○ | A letter of opinion may be required to confirm the type of cane |
| physical disability | Walker, sitting position support lower limb brace, trunk brace, upper limb brace, shoe last brace BFO (eating aids), shell-structure prosthetic wheelchairs (regular type, hand-push type, etc.) |
○ | new ○ Reissue × Repair × Borrowing 〇 |
new ○ Reissue ○ Repair × Borrowing 〇 |
○ | ○ | |
| physical disability | Electric wheelchairs (three-limb/tetraplegia, people with severe walking difficulties such as cervical spine injury) * Partially applies to people with difficulty walking due to cardiac and respiratory dysfunction |
○ | new ○ Reissue 〇 Repair × |
new ○ Reissue ○ Repair × Borrowing 〇 |
○ | ○ | there is a field test |
| physical disability | skeletal prosthesis | ○ | new ○ Reissue ○ Repair○ |
new ○ Reissue ○ Repair○ |
○ | ○ | In principle, it will be supported by repair |
| physical disability | Sitting position holding chair, standing support, head support, defecation aid | ○ | Not applicable | new ○ Reissue ○ Repair × Borrowing 〇 |
○ | ○ | For children (under 18 years old at the time of payment decision) |