223. The council of nurses must form a nursing assistants committee. The committee shall be composed of at least three persons selected by and from among the persons performing nursing assistant’s activities for the institution.
The functions of the committee are(1) to assess the quality of nursing care provided by persons performing nursing assistant’s activities for the institution;
(2) to give its opinion on the means to be used to assess and maintain the professional standards of the group of persons performing nursing assistant’s activities for the institution;
(3) make recommendations on the proper distribution of the care dispensed by persons performing nursing assistant’s activities for the institution.
The committee may adopt by-laws concerning its internal management, its operation and the pursuit of its objects. The by-laws come into force after having been approved by the executive committee of the council of nurses.
The nursing assistants committee shall report to the executive committee of the council of nurses.
1991, c. 42, s. 223; 1992, c. 21, s. 26; 2005, c. 32, s. 109.