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 7 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

7. A nurse practitioner specialized in nephrology is authorized to perform an activity stipulated in paragraphs 1, 3 or 4 of section 5, in nephrology, under the following terms and conditions:

(1)  he or she engages in that activity with a patient suffering from renal failure who requires care and services in predialysis, hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis or kidney transplantation in a hospital centre within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2) where dialysis care is offered with the aid of a nephrology department;

(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), with the necessary modifications.

O.C. 996-2005, s. 7; O.C. 668-2007, s. 3.