Quebec's health insurance plan, the Régime d'assurance maladie du Québec, is administered by the Régie de l'assurance maladie du Québec [Quebec Health Insurance Board] (RAMQ), a public body established by the provincial government and reporting to the Minister of Health and Social Services.
Persons settling in Quebec after moving from another province of Canada are entitled to coverage under the Quebec Health Insurance Plan when they cease to be entitled to benefits from their province of origin, provided they register with the RAMQ.
If living outside Quebec in another province or territory for 183 days or more, students and full-time unpaid trainees may retain their status as residents of Quebec, In the first case, they retain it for four calendar years at most, and in the second, for two consecutive calendar years at most.
Superior Court of Quebec, [1993] R.D.F. Since the parties had not contested the applicability of the Act to the case at bar, Bellavance J.'s reasons took as their starting point the parties' admission that the removal of the child was wrongful within the meaning of the Act.
In his view, the child had been unable to settle in Quebec on account of her state of psychological alienation, for which the conduct of the appellant, although sincere, was largely responsible.
Thus, as is the case in Quebec, Maryland law recognizes that the custodial parent's decision-making power includes the choice of the child's place of residence, subject to the non-custodial parent's right to object to that choice if he or she considers it contrary to the child's interests.