2. For the application of this regulation,(1) “student of optometry” means a person registered in the doctorate of optometry program or another program containing clinical activities offered by the École d’optométrie of the Université de Montréal or an educational institution located outside Québec, whose standards respect those of the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education, to the extent the person has successfully completed at least one year of a university education program in optometry;
(2) “candidate for the practice of the profession” means a person contemplated by section 5 of the Regulation respecting equivalence standards for the issue of a permit by the Ordre des optométristes du Québec (chapter O-7, r. 12) who is completing a program of studies, a training period or an examination that when passed would allow the person to receive an equivalence of diploma or training.