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B: The role of BCCNM: standards, limits and conditions


The Health Professions Act gives BCCNM the authority to establish, monitor and enforce standards, limits and conditions for registered nurse and nurse practitioner practice. The standards, limits and conditions for nurse practitioners are recommended to the BCCNM Board by the Nurse Practitioner Standards Committee in accordance with the Regulation and BCCNM Bylaws.

  • Standard – an expected and achievable level of performance against which actual performance can be compared. It is the minimum level of acceptable performance.
  • Limit – specifies what nurse practitioners are not permitted to do.
  • Condition – sets out the circumstances under which nurse practitioners may carry out an activity.

Whenever appropriate, BCCNM uses standards rather than limits and conditions to provide direction for practice.

As with all BCCNM registrants, nurse practitioners are expected to meet all BCCNM Standards of Practice for RNs and NPs. The BCCNM Standards of Practice include:

  • Professional Standards
  • Practice Standards
  • Scope of Practice Standards, Limits and Conditions

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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.​