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  1. ​To be eligible to act as an assessor, nurse practitioners must have completed the following in order to acquire the needed competencies for eligibility assessment for MAiD​:

    a.

    Additional education40 (e.g., Canadian Asso​ciation of MAiD Assessors and Providers (CAMAP) Canadian MAiD Curriculum (CMC), health authority education, etc.); and

    b.

    A preceptorship under the guidance of a qualified practitioner with expertise in MAiD.

  2. ​To be eligible to act as an assessor-prescriber, nurse practitioners must have completed the following in order to acquire the needed competencies for both eligibility assessment and the provision of MAiD​.

    a.

    Additional education40 (e.g., CAMAP CMC, health authority education, etc.); and

    b.

    A preceptorship under the guidance of a qualified medical practitioner or nurse practitioner with expertise in MAiD​.

  3. ​Nurse practitioners do not participate as an assessor or assessor-prescriber in MAiD for themselves, their family members, or anyone else with whom they have a close personal relationship that may result in an actual, potential or perceived conflict of interest​.41

Footnotes

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Additional education is structured education (e.g. workshop, course, program of study) designed so that nurse practitioners can attain the competencies required to carry out a specific activity as part of nurse practitioner practice. Additional education builds on the entry-level competencies of nurse practitioners, identifies the competencies expected of learners on completion of the education, includes both theory and application to practice, and includes an objective, external evaluation of learners’ competencies on completion of the education. The term does not refer to a course or program approved by BCCNM for BCC​​NM certified practice.
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See the Conflict of Interest Practice Standard for additional guidance.​

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