HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 95
Endorsement as nurse practitioner
HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 95
Endorsement as nurse practitioner
95 Endorsement as nurse practitioner
(1) The National Board for the nursing
profession may endorse the registration of a registered health practitioner
whose name is included in the Register of Nurses as being qualified to
practise as a nurse practitioner if the practitioner--
(a) holds either of the
following qualifications relevant to the endorsement--
(i) an approved
qualification;
(ii) another qualification that, in the Board's opinion, is
substantially equivalent to, or based on similar competencies to, an approved
qualification; and
(b) complies with any approved registration standard
relevant to the endorsement.
(2) An endorsement under subsection (1) must
state--
(a) that the registered health practitioner is entitled to use the
title "nurse practitioner"; and
(b) any conditions applicable to the practice
by the registered health practitioner as a nurse practitioner.
