§ 212. Definitions
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 63 P.S. Professions and Occupations (State Licensed)Effective: August 30, 2021
Effective: August 30, 2021
63 P.S. § 212
§ 212. Definitions
When used in this act, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings unless the context provides otherwise:
(1) The “Practice of Professional Nursing” means diagnosing and treating human responses to actual or potential health problems through such services as casefinding, health teaching, health counseling, and provision of care supportive to or restorative of life and well-being, and executing medical regimens as prescribed by a licensed physician or dentist. The foregoing shall not be deemed to include acts of medical diagnosis or prescription of medical therapeutic or corrective measures, except as performed by a certified registered nurse practitioner acting in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the Board.
(7) The “Practice of dietetics-nutrition” means the integration and application of principles derived from the sciences of food nutrition, biochemistry, physiology, management and behavior to provide for all aspects of nutrition therapy for individuals and groups, including nutrition therapy services and medical nutrition therapy, compatible with dietitian-nutritionist education and professional competence.
(iii) A physician available to a certified registered nurse practitioner on a regularly scheduled basis for referrals, review of the standards of medical practice incorporating consultation and chart review, drug and other medical protocols within the practice setting, periodic updating in medical diagnosis and therapeutics and cosigning records when necessary to document accountability by both parties.
(14) “Drug Review Committee” means the committee established in section 8.41 whose function is to approve or disapprove, by addition or deletion, the categories of drugs that may be prescribed by certified registered nurse practitioners.
(17) “Overall direction” means oversight of anesthesia services and medical management of patient care by a qualified individual who is present and available onsite, but not necessarily present in the same procedure room as a certified registered nurse anesthetist performing anesthesia services for the duration of the services provided.
Credits
1951, May 22, P.L. 317, No. 69, § 2, imd. effective. Amended 1974, July 3, P.L. 432, No. 151, § 1, imd. effective; 1985, Dec. 20, P.L. 409, No. 109, § 2, effective Jan. 1, 1986; 2002, June 29, P.L. 651, No. 99, § 1, effective in 90 days; 2002, Dec. 9, P.L. 1567, No. 206, § 1, effective in 60 days; 2007, July 20, P.L. 320, No. 49, § 1, effective in 60 days [Sept. 18, 2007]; 2021, June 30, P.L. 326, No. 60, § 1, effective in 60 days [Aug. 30, 2021].
Footnotes
63 P.S. § 218.4.
63 P.S. § 212, PA ST 63 P.S. § 212
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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