A-29, r. 1 - Regulation respecting eligibility and registration of persons in respect of the Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec

Section 1 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

1. In this Regulation,

“Act” means the Health Insurance Act (chapter A-29); (Loi)

“advance registration” means contacting the Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec and providing the information required to register with the Board in order to obtain an application for registration form; (préinscription)

“educational institution” means a legal person or body providing instruction at the elementary, secondary, college or university level; (établissement d’enseignement)

“institution” means an institution covered by the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2) and the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5); (établissement)

“insured person” means a person referred to in subparagraph g.1 of the first paragraph of section 1 of the Act; (personne assurée)

“province” means a province of Canada, the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut; (province)

“repatriated Canadian” means an indigent Canadian citizen who is brought back to Canada from a foreign country at the expense of the State; (Canadien rapatrié)

“resident of Québec” or “temporary resident of Québec” means any person defined as such under sections 5 to 8 of the Act and under Division II of the Regulation; (personne qui réside au Québec ou personne qui séjourne au Québec)

“spouse” means

(1)  the man or woman with whom a person is married and cohabits;

(2)  the man or woman of the opposite or the same sex with whom a person cohabits in a conjugal relationship, if they have been so cohabiting for at least 1 year or if

(a)  a child has been born of their union;

(b)  they have adopted a child together; or

(c)  one of them has adopted the other’s child; (conjoint d’une personne).

O.C. 1470-92, s. 1; O.C. 64-94, s. 1; O.C. 833-98, s. 1; O.C. 552-2001, ss. 1 and 25.