The word "apparatus", contained in K.S.A. 44-510, shall mean such appliances as glasses, teeth, or artificial member.
When an appliance or apparatus is already being worn, and its usefulness is destroyed by an accident, the question as to whether the appliance is to be replaced as medical expense is one to be determined on the facts in each individual case. If an incident in direct connection with the work being done causes the destruction of the appliance being worn, it will be determined that personal injury by accident resulted, and the appliance is to be replaced as medical expense.
Kan. Admin. Regs. § 51-9-2