Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations — 2
ime student under section 2.1; ( étudiant à temps plein ) loan year means the period commencing on August 1 in any year and ending on July 31 in the following year; ( année de prêt ) midwife means a person who is entitled to work as a midwife under the laws of a province in which they are so working; ( sage-femme ) nurse means a person who is entitled under the laws of a province to practise as a nurse and who is so practising; ( infirmier ) nurse practitioner means a person who is entitled under the laws of a province to practise as a nurse practitioner and who is so practising; ( infirmier practicien ) part-time student means a person (a) who, during a confirmed period within a period of studies, is enrolled in courses that constitute at least 20 per cent but less than 60 per cent of a course load recognized by the designated educational institution as constituting a full course load, and (b) who meets the requirements of subsection 12(1), 12.1(1) or 12.2(1) or section 33, as the case may be; ( étudiant à temps partiel ) period of studies means the length of time that a designated educational institution considers to be a normal school year for the program of studies in which the qualifying student or the borrower is enrolled and that, where the period between the day on which that person ceased to be a full-time student pursuant to section 8 or a part-time student pursuant to section 12.3, as the case may be, and the first day of the first confirmed period of the current school year is less than six months, includes that period; ( période d’études ) permanent disability means any impairment, including a physical, mental, intellectual, cognitive, learning, communication or sensory impairment — or a functional limitation — that restricts the ability of a person to perform the daily activities necessary to pursue studies at a post-secondary school level or to participate in the labour force and that is expected to remain with the person for the person’s expected life; ( invalidité permanente ) persistent or prolonged disability means any impairment, including a physical, mental, intellectual, cognitive, learning, communication or sensory impairment — or a functional limitation — that restricts the ability of a person to perform the daily activities necessary to pursue studies at a post-secondary school level or to participate in the labour force and has lasted, or is expected to last, for a period of at least 12 months but is not expected to remain with the person for the person’s expected life; ( invalidité persistante ou prolongée ) personal support worker means a person who, in accordance with the laws of the province in which they work, provides one-on-one care and essential support to optimize and maintain an individual’s health, well-being, safety, autonomy and comfort consistent with that individual’s health care needs as directed by a regulated health care professional or a provincial or community health organization; ( préposé aux services de soutien à la personne ) pharmacist means a person who is entitled to work as a pharmacist under the laws of the province in which they are so working; ( pharmacien ) physiotherapist means a person who (a) in the case of a person who works as a physiotherapist in the Northwest Territories or Nunavut, meets the definition of a physiotherapist or physical therapist in the laws of any province; or (b) in the case of a person who works as a physiotherapist in any other province, is entitled to work as a physiotherapist or physical therapist under the laws of that province; ( physiothérapeute ) post-secondary school level means education at a university or college level, including education of a technical or vocational nature; ( niveau postsecondaire ) program of studies means the series of periods of studies (a) that is considered by the designated educational institution to be necessary to obtain a degree, certificate or diploma, (b) that is recognized by the appropriate authority wh