2FCollaborative arrangements—participating nurse practitioners

#### 2F Collaborative arrangements—participating nurse practitioners (1) For the definition of participating nurse practitioner in subsection 3(1) of the Act, each of the following is a kind of collaborative arrangement for an eligible nurse practitioner: (a) the nurse practitioner is employed or engaged by 1 or more specified medical practitioners, or by an entity that employs or engages 1 or more specified medical practitioners; (b) a patient is referred in writing to the nurse practitioner for treatment by a specified medical practitioner; (c) an agreement mentioned in regulation 2G for the nurse practitioner; (d) an arrangement mentioned in regulation 2H for the nurse practitioner. (2) For subregulation (1), the arrangement must provide for: (a) consultation between the nurse practitioner and a medical practitioner; and (b) referral of a patient to a medical practitioner; and (c) transfer of a patient’s care to a medical practitioner. (3) A collaborative arrangement, other than an arrangement mentioned in regulation 2H, may apply to more than 1 patient. (4) However, an acknowledgement mentioned in paragraph 2H(1)(c) may apply for more than 1 patient.