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# If you are not already receiving income assistance or hardship assistance, you must first apply for welfare; | # If you are not already receiving income assistance or hardship assistance, you must first apply for welfare; | ||
# As soon as you start receiving income assistance or hardship assistance, tell a Ministry worker that you want a PPMB designation application form; | # As soon as you start receiving income assistance or hardship assistance, tell a Ministry worker that you want a PPMB designation application form; | ||
# A health professional must complete the <span class="noglossary">application</span>, including details about why your medical condition stops you from looking for, accepting or continuing to work. Health professionals that can complete the PPMB application form are: | # A health professional must complete section 1 of the <span class="noglossary">application</span>, including details about why your medical condition stops you from looking for, accepting or continuing to work. Health professionals that can complete the PPMB application form are: | ||
•medical | •medical practitioners (doctors); chiropractors; registered psychologists; nurse practitioners; occupational therapists; school psychologists; registered nurses; registered social workers; registered clinical counsellors; registered psychiatric nurses; physical therapists | ||
# | #4 Once you get the completed medical report form from your health professional you must complete section 2 of the application to provide information about additional barriers you face. Include any supporting information you have to confirm any additional barrier(s). Once all sections of the application form are completed, return it to the Ministry. | ||
== What happens next == | == What happens next == | ||
