Current Policy and Practice Issues

HPRAC Referral on RN(EC)s (2007, 2008, 2009)

NPAO is pleased to circulate our 2007 submission to the Health Professions Regulatory Advisory Council in regard to the Minister's referral on Extended Class Nurses entitled, "Critical Legislative and Regulatory Steps to Improving access to Care for Patients and Facilitating Integration of Nurse Practitioners in Ontario."

NPAO - HPRAC Submission on Extended Class Referral

The HPRAC website http://www.hprac.org/en/projects/Extended_ClassNurses.asp includes other submissions, a literature review and other information related to the referral. HPRAC submitted A Report to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care on the Review of the Scope of Practice for Registered Nurses in the Extended Class (Nurse Practitioners) on March 31, 2008. Public release of the report will occur at the Minister's discretion. Watch the HPRAC website for further information.

On November 18, 2008, Minister Caplan released the HPRAC report A Report to the Minister of Health and Long Term Care on the Scope of Practice of Registered Nurses in the Extended Class.
http://health.gov.on.ca/english/public/pub/ministry_
reports/hprac_08/1_hprac_nurse_20080300.pdf

The Minister is currently seeking public input on the recommendations in the report. The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2009. To comment:
Email: regulatoryprojects.moh@ontario.ca
Mail:    HPRAC Consultations
           Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
           56 Wellesley Street West, 12th Floor
          Toronto ON M5S 2S3
Fax:    416-327-8897.

NP Integration Task Team Report (March 2007)

NPAO is pleased to provide a copy of the NP Integration Task Team Report (March 2007). This project was commissioned by Minister Smitherman in November 2005 to review, prioritize, implement, or advise on the implementation of the recommendations of The Integration of Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioners into the Province of Ontario Report. Establishing the NP Task Team was a significant marker of the Minister's commitment to integrating this role into the Ontario health system. NPAO is monitoring progress on the Task Team Report.

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