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=== PPMB benefits ===
=== PPMB benefits ===
#Tell a Ministry worker you want to apply for the PPMB designation. He or she will do an assessment of your non-medical barriers to employment (e.g., lack of education, literacy or work history) and give you a medical report form for your doctor to complete (see page 46 of [http://www.clicklaw.bc.ca/resource/1082 ''How to Apply for Welfare'']).
1.  If you are not already receiving income assistance or hardship assistance, you must first apply for welfare;
#Your doctor 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.
2. As soon as you start receiving income assistance or hardship assistance, tell a Ministry worker that you want a PPMB designation application form;
#Get the completed medical report form from your doctor and return it to the Ministry.
 
#YA 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:
medical practitioner  chiropractor  registered psychologist
 nurse practitioner  occupational therapist  school psychologist
 registered nurse  registered social worker  registered clinical counsellor
 registered psychiatric nurse  physical therapist
#Get the completed medical report form from your health professional and return it to the Ministry.


== What happens next ==
== What happens next ==
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