44.025(1)The following definitions apply in this section.
“critically ill child” means a person who is under 18 years of age on the day on which the qualified medical practitioner certifies that the person’s baseline state of health has significantly changed and whose life is at risk as a result of an illness or injury. (enfant gravement malade)
“parent” means a person who, in law, is the parent of, has the custody of or is the guardian of a child or a person with whom a child is placed for the purposes of adoption.(parent)
“qualified medical practitioner” means a person who is entitled to practise medicine under the laws of a jurisdiction in which care or treatment of a critically ill child is provided.(médecin qualifié)
“week” means the period between midnight on Saturday and midnight on the immediately following Saturday. (semaine)