1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“decision” means a consent, refusal to consent or withdrawal of consent to treatment.(décision)
“health care professional” means a medical practitioner or a nurse practitioner who is registered under the laws of the Province as authorized to practise as a nurse practitioner.(professionnel de la santé)
“maker” means the maker of a health care directive.(auteur)
“proxy” means a person appointed in a health care directive to make decisions on behalf of the maker.(mandataire)
“spouse” means either of two persons who
(conjoint)
(a)
are married to each other, or
(b)
are not married to each other but have cohabited continuously in a conjugal relationship for a period of at least two years.
“treatment” means anything that is done for a therapeutic, preventive, palliative, diagnostic, cosmetic or other health-related purpose, and includes a course of treatment.(traitement)