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HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 95

Endorsement as nurse practitioner

95 Endorsement as nurse practitioner

(1) The National Board for the nursing profession may endorse the registration of a registered health practitioner whose name is included in the Register of Nurses as being qualified to practise as a nurse practitioner if the practitioner--
(a) holds either of the following qualifications relevant to the endorsement--
(i) an approved qualification;
(ii) another qualification that, in the Board's opinion, is substantially equivalent to, or based on similar competencies to, an approved qualification; and
(b) complies with any approved registration standard relevant to the endorsement.
(2) An endorsement under subsection (1) must state--
(a) that the registered health practitioner is entitled to use the title "nurse practitioner"; and
(b) any conditions applicable to the practice by the registered health practitioner as a nurse practitioner.



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