graduate nurse means a person whose name is entered on the graduate nurse register of the College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba. A graduate nurse extended practice means a person whose name is entered on the graduate nurse extended practice register of the College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba. A “graduate practical nurse” means a person whose name is entered on the register of graduate practical nurses of the College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Manitoba. A “graduate psychiatric nurse” means a person whose name is entered on the register of graduate psychiatric nurses of the College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of Manitoba. The terms of this Agreement shall be applicable to the graduate nurse, the graduate practical nurse, graduate psychiatric nurse, and graduate nurse practitioner, except as otherwise specified in the Collective Agreement.
School year means the period beginning July 1 and ending June 30 next following.
Graduate Student means a student who is in attendance at an institution of higher education and is enrolled in an academic program of instruction above the baccalaureate level. The term includes any portion of a program leading to either a degree beyond the baccalaureate, or a first professional degree when at least three years of study at the pre-baccalaureate degree level are required for entrance into a program leading to such a degree. Students admitted as special/provisional graduate students may be considered as eligible students for one term only if it is anticipated they will enroll in a regular graduate program in the following term.
Graduate means a person who has obtained a degree from a higher education institution or possesses qualifications determined by the Director-General to be equivalent to such a degree.
graduate psychiatric nurse means a person whose name is entered on the register of graduate psychiatric nurses of the College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of Manitoba. The terms of this Agreement shall be applicable to the graduate nurse, the graduate practical nurse, graduate psychiatric nurse, and graduate nurse practitioner, except as otherwise specified in the Collective Agreement.
School day means any day or partial day that students are in attendance at school for instructional purposes.
Graduate medical education and disproportionate share fund or “GME/DSH fund” means a reimbursement fund developed as an adjunct reimbursement methodology to directly reimburse qualifying hospitals for the direct and indirect costs associated with the operation of graduate medical education programs and the costs associated with the treatment of a disproportionate share of poor, indigent, nonreimbursed or nominally reimbursed patients for inpatient services.
Start means the day falling the Relevant Number of Index Days prior to the first day of the relevant Interest Period.
Distance education means education imparted by combination of any two or more means of communication, viz. broadcasting, telecasting, correspondence courses, seminars, contact programmes and any other such methodology;
Service Year means fiscal year, except that:
Program Year means the annual period beginning January 1 and ending December 31.
Season means the period of time between an AGM and the subsequent AGM.
Income year means any year or accounting period beginning 1 July of one calendar year and ending 30 June of the following calendar year or any other period that the Trustees by resolution adopt;
Direct medical education rate means a rate calculated for a hospital reporting medical education costs on the Medicare cost report (CMS 2552). The rate is calculated using the following formula: Direct medical education costs are multiplied by inflation factors. The result is divided by the hospital’s case-mix index, then is further divided by net discharges.
registered graduate means a graduate registered under this Act;
Program Period means the period of time which the department intends to support the program without requiring the recompetition for funds. The program period is specified within the grant application.
Academic year means the period of twelve months beginning on 1st January, 1st April, 1st July or 1st September according to whether the course in question begins in the winter, the spring, the summer or the autumn respectively but if students are required to begin attending the course during August or September and to continue attending through the autumn, the academic year of the course is to be considered to begin in the autumn rather than the summer;
Payout Period means the time frame during which certain benefits payable hereunder shall be distributed. Payments shall be made in monthly installments commencing on the first day of the month following the occurrence of the event which triggers distribution and continuing for a period of one hundred eighty (180) months. Should the Executive make a Timely Election to receive a lump sum benefit payment, the Executive's Payout Period shall be deemed to be one (1) month.
Calendar Week means any period of seven days starting with the same day as the first day of the First Assignment;
relevant year means a year commencing at 00:00 hours on 1 April and ending at 23:59 hours on the following 31 March;
Year of Vesting Service means a vesting computation period during which you complete 1,000 hours of service during the Plan Year.