TAC – Transport Accident Commission

Podiatry services can be provided to patients under the Transport Accident Commission (TAC).

The TAC can help pay for:

• Podiatry consultations.

• Biomechanical examinations.

• Orthotic services and procedures, such as impressions and models, custom-made orthoses.

• Home visit consultations, where a patient is medically unfit to travel.

• Visits to a patient who is an inpatient at a private hospital, where the cost of podiatry is not included in the hospital bed fee.

• X-rays of the lower extremity, foot, and ankle.