M-9, r. 13 - Regulation respecting the activities contemplated in section 31 of the Medical Act which may be engaged in by classes of persons other than physicians

Section 6 Disposition versions

2014-03-06

6. A nurse practitioner specialized in neonatology is authorized to perform an activity stipulated in section 5, in neonatology, under the following terms and conditions:

(1)  he or she engages in that activity with a newborn infant, whether premature or full-term, who presents a pathology requiring admission to intensive care or intermediate neonatal care during the infant’s stay in a hospital centre within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2) where tertiary care in neonatology is provided;

(2)  this activity must be the subject of a rule governing medical care or a rule governing the use of medicines that is in force in this hospital centre, unless this involves prescribing a medication contemplated in Schedule II or III to the Regulation respecting the terms and conditions for the sale of medications (chapter P-10, r. 12) and is performed in accordance with the provisions of Division II of the Règlement sur les normes relatives aux ordonnances faites par un médecin (chapter M-9, r. 25);

(3)  the nurse must maintain his or her skills in neonatal resuscitation by obtaining an attestation in resuscitation issued by the Canadian Paediatric Society.

O.C. 996-2005, s. 6; O.C. 668-2007, s. 2; O.C. 80-2014, s. 1.

2012-09-01

6. A nurse practitioner specialized in neonatology is authorized to perform an activity stipulated in section 5, in neonatology, under the following terms and conditions:

(1)  he or she engages in that activity with a newborn infant, whether premature or full-term, who presents a pathology requiring admission to intensive care or intermediate neonatal care during the infant’s stay in a hospital centre within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2) where tertiary care in neonatology is provided;

(2)  this activity must be the subject of a rule governing medical care or a rule governing the use of medicines that is in force in this hospital centre, unless this involves prescribing a medication contemplated in Schedule II or III to the Regulation respecting the terms and conditions for the sale of medications (chapter P-10, r. 12) and is performed in accordance with the provisions of Division II of the Règlement sur les normes relatives aux ordonnances faites par un médecin (chapter M-9, r. 25);

(3)  this nurse must maintain his or her skills in neonatal resuscitation by obtaining a biennial instructor’s level attestation of training in neonatal resuscitation issued by a master instructor recognized by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Québec according to the standards detailed in the Handbook of Emergency Cardiovascular Care: for Healthcare Providers, published by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.

O.C. 996-2005, s. 6; O.C. 668-2007, s. 2.