§ 13. Treatment and care of injured employees. (a) The employer shall\npromptly provide for an injured employee such medical, dental, surgical,\noptometric or other attendance or treatment, nurse and hospital service,\nmedicine, optometric services, crutches, eye-glasses, false teeth,\nartificial eyes, orthotics, prosthetic devices, functional assistive and\nadaptive devices and apparatus for such period as the nature of the\ninjury or the process of recovery may require. The employer shall be\nliable for the payment of the expenses of medical, dental, surgical,\noptometric or other attendance or treatment, nurse and hospital service,\nmedicine, optometric services, crutches, eye-glasses, false teeth,\nartificial eyes, orthotics, prosthetic devices, functional assistive and\nadaptive devices and apparatus, as well as artificial members of the\nbody or other devices or appliances necessary in the first instance to\nreplace, support or relieve a portion or part of the body resulting from\nand necessitated by the injury of an employee, for such period as the\nnature of the injury or the process of recovery may require, and the\nemployer shall also be liable for replacements or repairs of such\nartificial members of the body or such other devices, eye-glasses, false\nteeth, artificial eyes, orthotics, prosthetic devices, functional\nassistive and adaptive devices or appliances necessitated by ordinary\nwear or loss or damage to a prosthesis, with or without bodily injury to\nthe employee. Damage to or loss of a prosthetic device shall be deemed\nan injury except that no disability benefits shall be payable with\nrespect to such injury under section fifteen of this article. Such a\nreplacement or repair of artificial members of the body or such other\ndevices, eye-glasses, false teeth, artificial eyes, orthotics,\nprosthetic devices, functional assistive and adaptive devices or\nappliances or the providing of medical treatment and care as defined\nherein shall not constitute the payment of compensation under section\ntwenty-five-a of this article. All fees and other charges for such\ntreatment and services shall be limited to such charges as prevail in\nthe same community for similar treatment of injured persons of a like\nstandard of living.\n The chair shall prepare and establish a schedule for the state, or\nschedules limited to defined localities, of charges and fees for such\nmedical treatment and care, and including all medical, dental, surgical,\noptometric or other attendance or treatment, nurse and hospital service,\nmedicine, optometric services, crutches, eye-glasses, false teeth,\nartificial eyes, orthotics, prosthetic devices, functional assistive and\nadaptive devices and apparatus in accordance with and to be subject to\nchange pursuant to rules promulgated by the chair. Before preparing such\nschedule for the state or schedules for limited localities the chair\nshall request the president of the medical society of the state of New\nYork and the president of the New York state osteopathic medical society\nto submit to him or her a report on the amount of remuneration deemed by\nsuch society to be fair and adequate for the types of medical care to be\nrendered under this chapter, but consideration shall be given to the\nview of other interested parties. In the case of physical therapy fees\nschedules the chair shall request the president of a recognized\nprofessional association representing physical therapists in the state\nof New York to submit to him or her a report on the amount of\nremuneration deemed by such association to be fair and reasonable for\nthe type of physical therapy services rendered under this chapter, but\nconsideration shall be given to the views of other interested parties.\nThe chair shall also prepare and establish a schedule for the state, or\nschedules limited to defined localities, of charges and fees for\noutpatient hospital services not covered under the medical fee schedule\npreviously
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