Effective April 5, 2025 the LPN Regulations were amended. Please read the explanatory notes below.
Subclause 18(2)(a)(ii) of the regulations was amended to add registered psychiatric nurses to the list of health professionals who may order a licensed practical nurse to perform a reserved activity listed in subsection 18(1) of the regulations. It also revokes and replaces subsection 18(3) of the regulations to provide for a licensed practical nurse to administer a drug or vaccine prescribed by a pharmacist and collect blood for a screening or diagnostic test ordered by a pharmacist.
Section 19 was revoked and subsections 19(2) and (3) of the regulations were replaced to provide for a licensed practical nurse to apply for a special authorization to perform the reserved activity of setting or casting a fracture of a bone or dislocation of a joint. It also amends subsections 19(4) and (5) of the regulations to correct a cross-reference and reflect the amendments to subsections 19(2) and (3).
A new section 20.1 to the regulations was added to impose a condition on the performance of setting or casting a fracture or dislocation.
You may read the LPN Regulations here
