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Professional Practice & Standards


​​Get involved! Consider joining a BCCNM committee

We're always accepting applications. To complement our existing members, more nurses, midwives and members of the public are needed.​​




The Professional Practice & Standards (PPS) Committee makes recommendations to the board about the standards of practice (including scope of practice) or standards of professional ethics for nurses and midwives.

Overv​​iew

PPS committee members are a combination of midwife registrants, nurse registrants, and members of the public. Appointment terms are one, two, or three years. Committee members meet in panels rather than as a whole committee, to deal with specific standards of practice or professional ethics recommendations. A person can serve on the PPS committee for up to six consecutive years.

Comm​​itment

The total number of panel meetings a member will attend in a year varies. PPS committee members should be prepared to attend at least one regularly scheduled meeting every two to three months, in addition to an annual orientation. The PPS committee usually meets via teleconference. On average, meetings are two hours long, with an estimated one hour of preparation time per meeting. ​

Committee composition matrix

The document below includes information about the professional or academic skills that committee members may need, as well as other elements relevant to the work, such as personal values, lived experience, varied backgrounds, perspectives, and knowledge.

900 – 200 Granville St
Vancouver, BC  V6C 1S4
Canada

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We acknowledge the rights and title of the First Nations on whose collective unceded territories encompass the land base colonially known as British Columbia. We give specific thanks to the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ speaking peoples the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations and the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh-ulh Sníchim speaking Peoples the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation), on whose unceded territories BCCNM’s office is located. We also give thanks for the medicines of these territories and recognize that laws, governance, and health systems tied to these lands and waters have existed here for over 9000 years.

We also acknowledge the unique and distinct rights, including rights to health and wellness, of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples from elsewhere in Canada who now live in British Columbia. As leaders in the settler health system, we acknowledge our responsibilities to these rights under international, national, and provincial law.​