B.C. Reg. 285/2008

M245/2008
Deposited October 15, 2008

effective October 17, 2008

Health Professions Act

Nurses (Registered Psychiatric) Regulation

Contents
  Definitions
  College name
  Reserved titles
  Scope of practice
  Patient relations program

Definitions

1 In this regulation:

"Act" means the Health Professions Act;

"psychiatric nursing" means practice as a registrant of the college.

College name

2 The name "College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of British Columbia" is the name of the college established under section 15 (1) of the Act for psychiatric nursing.

Reserved titles

3 (1)  The titles "registered psychiatric nurse" and "licensed graduate psychiatric nurse" are reserved for exclusive use by registrants.

(2)  This section does not prevent a person from using the title "nurse" in a manner authorized by another regulation under section 12 of the Act.

Scope of practice

4 A registrant may practise psychiatric nursing.

Patient relations program

5 The college is designated for the purposes of section 16 (2) (f) of the Act.

[Provisions of the Health Professions Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 183, relevant to the enactment of this regulation: section 12 (2)]