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).