Expenses of Visitors

(1) If an insured person sustains impairment as a result of an accident, the insurer shall pay for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by the following persons as a result of the accident in visiting the insured person during his or her treatment or recovery:

1. The spouse, children, grandchildren, parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters of the insured person.

2. An individual who was living with the insured person at the time of the accident.

3. An individual who has demonstrated a settled intention to treat the insured person as a child of the individual’s family.

4. An individual whom the insured person has demonstrated a settled intention to treat as a child of the insured person’s family. O. Reg. 403/96, s. 21 (1); O. Reg. 114/00, s. 2; O. Reg. 314/05, s. 2.

(2) No payment is required under this section for expenses incurred more than 104 weeks after the accident. O. Reg. 403/96, s. 21 (2).

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the insured person sustained a catastrophic impairment as a result of the accident. O. Reg. 403/96, s. 21 (3).