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Last modified Oct. 27, 2005

Council Motions

September 28 and 29, 2005

  1. That the minutes of the Council meeting of June 8, 2005, be accepted.

  2. That the minutes of the Council meeting of June 9, 2005, be accepted.

  3. That a request be submitted to HPRAC that nursing be granted access to the following controlled acts:
    • Communication of a diagnosis;
    • Dispensing and selling of drugs;
    • Setting or casting of a fracture of a bone or a dislocation of a joint; and
    • Application of a form of energy.
  4. That Council support the inclusion of a recommendation from CNO to HPRAC that all legislative/regulation sections that address authorization mechanisms for nursing be reviewed for clarity and revised as necessary.

  5. That a request be submitted to HPRAC to change the current list-based approval process for RN (EC) prescriptive and diagnostic authority by moving to a broader, less restrictive model, more responsive to client needs, using options such as Drug Schedules or Formularies and open authority to order diagnostic tests.

  6. That a request be submitted to HPRAC to protect the title Nurse Practitioner.

  7. That a recommendation be submitted to HPRAC that the performance of psychotherapy be regulated utilizing the most appropriate legislative strategy and that nurses with the required qualifications have the regulatory authority to practice it.

  8. That the draft submission on nursing issues and the regulatory framework be approved for forwarding to HPRAC, with inclusion of direction from Council.

  9. That draft revisions to the Registration Regulation be prepared for consideration by Council in December, removing the sunset provisions for the Transitional Class.

  10. That Council approve amendments to Schedule 2 and Schedule 3 of Ontario Regulation 275/94, as amended to Ontario Regulation 433/04 under the Nursing Act, 1991 ("General Regulation), as set out in Attachment 1, on the understanding that each addition, deletion and revision to each of the items in each of the Schedules shall be considered an amendment which has been approved by Council independent of the other amendments.


    And that Council directs that the amendments be forwarded to the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care with a request that the Government take such action as shall be required to amend the General Regulation as well as such other Statutes and Regulations, if any, as may be required to allow Registered Nurses in the Extended Class to prescribe and administer the immunizing agents and drugs referred to therein.

  11. That Council directs that the College write to the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to request that the Ontario Government take such action as shall be required, including amending Statutes and Regulations, to allow Registered Nurses in the Extended Class to order the laboratory and diagnostic tests referred to in Attachment 2 to the briefing note.

  12. That Council approve the draft entitle: Practice Standard: Decisions about Procedures and Authority in Nursing Practice.

  13. That Council approve the draft document entitled Practice Guideline: Telepractice.

  14. That the unaudited financial statements for the seven month period ended July 31, 2005 be accepted.

  15. That Council approve the following changes, for consultation:
    1. Amend Bylaw No. 1: General and specifically Article 44.2 to add the following new provisions:

      44.2.01.2 The form required by this article shall be fully completed by the member and returned to the College by the December 31st next following the forwarding of the form to its members.

      44.2.01.3 Where a member fails for any reason to return a fully completed form, the Executive Director shall cause the member to be notified in writing of that failure.

      44.2.01.4 Where the Executive Director causes written notice to be given to a member in accordance with Article 44.2.01.3, the fee required by the bylaws (Bylaw No. 2: Fees) shall immediately be payable by the member.

    2. Amend Bylaw No. 1: General and specifically Article 44.3 add to the beginning of article 44.3.01 the words
      “Subject to Article 44.3.02,”

      And to delete the current Article 44.3.02 and substitute the following:

      44.3.02 The annual payment card shall be sent out to each member within a reasonable period of time after receipt by the College of payment of any fee owed by the member to the College, including the member's annual fee, and the fully completed form referred to in Article 44.2.

    3. Amend Bylaw No. 2: Fees to add Articles 9.1.01 and 9.1.02 (immediately before Article 10.01) as follows:

      9.1.01 Subject to Article 9.1.02, a member who is notified of his or her failure to return to the College the fully completed form referred to in Article 44.2 of Bylaw No. 1: General, shall pay a fee of $23.36.

      9.1.02 The fee referred to in Article 9.1.01, shall be waived if the fully completed form required by Article 44.2 of Bylaw No. 1: General is received by the College on or before the January 31st next following the forwarding of the form to its members.
  16. That Council ratify the appointments of F. Bari and S. Islam to the Client Relations Committee until June 2006.

  17. That Council ratify the following committee appointments for public members: L. Bracken to Discipline, S. Padda to Complaints, B. Stewart to Discipline and N. Mohabir to Fitness to Practise.

  18. That the provisions of the Bylaw relating to the filing of a conflict of interest declaration, for election purposes, be amended in accordance with attachment 1 of the Elections Committee report.

  19. That the following be ratified as the 2006 Elections Committee: L. Bracken, R. Graham, A. Grant, L. O’Hearn-Grant, B. Stewart, and B. Taa.

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