A-25, r. 11 - Regulation respecting certain lump sum indemnities referred to in section 44 of the Automobile Insurance Act

Section 1 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

1. In this Regulation, unless the context indicates otherwise,

(a)  “activities of daily living” means activities with respect to fulfilling in an autonomous manner the basic needs of self-care, dressing, communication, eating and ambulation;

(b)  “impairment” means the medically established sequelae of an injury or mutilation, affecting the victim’s physical or psychic integrity;

(c)  “indemnity” means the lump sum contemplated in section 44 of the Act;

(d)  “Act” means the Automobile Insurance Act (chapter A-25);

(e)  “permanent” means where an impairment or disfigurement persists after medical treatment and after the victim’s condition has become stable;

(f)  “major disfigurement” means visible sequela other than a functional impairment, resulting from a loss of anatomic integrity, on a part of the body which is not normally concealed;

(g)  “minor disfigurement” means visible sequela other than a functional impairment, resulting from a reparable loss of anatomic integrity, on a part of the body which is normally concealed.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. A-25, r. 6, s. 1.