Regulations
14 Subject to the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council and with prior review by the Minister, the Council may make regulations, (a)  prescribing procedures for the purpose of paragraph 1 of section 4 and paragraph 2 of section 4.1; (a.1)  designating drugs that may be prescribed under paragraph 5 of section 4.1; (b)  permitting a member to perform a procedure under clause 5 (1) (a) and governing the performance of the procedure, including, without limiting the foregoing, prescribing the class of members that can perform the procedure and providing that the procedure may only be performed under the authority of a prescribed member or a member of a prescribed class; (c)  regulating and governing the administering of substances by members by injection or inhalation under paragraph 6 of subsection 5.1 (1), the prescribing, dispensing, compounding and selling of drugs by members in the course of engaging in the practice of nursing and ancillary matters, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (i)  governing the purposes for which, or the circumstances under which substances may be administered by injection or inhalation and drugs may be prescribed, dispensed, compounded or sold, (ii)  setting requirements respecting the administration of substances by injection or inhalation and the prescribing, dispensing, compounding and selling of drugs, (iii)  governing and regulating the storage, handling, display, identification, labelling and disposal of substances that may be administered by injection or inhalation and of drugs, (iv)  setting prohibitions, including prohibitions respecting the substances that may be administered by injection or inhalation and the drugs that may be prescribed, dispensed, compounded and sold, (v)  requiring members to keep records respecting the administering of substances by injection or inhalation and the prescribing, dispensing, compounding and selling of drugs and providing for the contents of those records, (vi)  requiring members to provide the College or the Minister with reports respecting the administering of substances by injection or inhalation and the prescribing, dispensing, compounding and selling of drugs and providing for the contents of those reports; (d)  prescribing standards of practice respecting the circumstances in which registered nurses who hold an extended certificate of registration should consult with members of other health professions.  2009, c. 26, s. 18 (7); 2017, c. 8, Sched. 22, s. 5 (1). Individual drugs or categories (2) A regulation made under clause (1) (a.1) may specify or designate individual drugs or categories of drugs. 2017, c. 8, Sched. 22, s. 5 (2). Incorporation by reference (3) A regulation made under clause (1) (a.1) may adopt, by reference, in whole or in part, and with such changes as are considered necessary, one or more documents setting out a list of individual drugs or a list of categories of drugs that may be prescribed under paragraph 5 of section 4.1. 2017, c. 8, Sched. 22, s. 5 (2). Rolling incorporation (4) If a regulation provided for in subsection (3) so provides, a document adopted by reference shall be a reference to it as amended from time to time after the making of the regulation. 2017, c. 8, Sched. 22, s. 5 (2). Must be made by expert committee (5) A document adopted by reference under subsection (3) may only be a document created or approved by an expert committee established under section 43.2 of the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 and no other body. 2017, c. 8, Sched. 22, s. 5 (2). Availability (6) A document adopted by reference under subsection (3) must be named in the regulation and must be available for public inspection during normal business hours in the office of the College and must be posted on the College’s website or available through a hyperlink at the College’s website. 2017, c. 8, Sched. 22, s. 5 (2). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1997, c. 9, s. 3 (1, 2) - 11/02/1998 2007, c. 10, Sched. B, s. 14 (4) - 04/06/2007 2009, c. 26, s. 18 (7)
- 01/10/2011 2017, c. 8, Sched. 22, s. 5 (1, 2) - 04/12/2023