2. Interpretation
In this Act—
“Family Nurse Practitioner's Formulary” means a list of drugs issued by the Council from which a family nurse practitioner is permitted to prescribe in the treatment of common complaints. These common complaints and their course of medication are detailed within the Family Nurse Practitioner's Protocol;
“Family Nurse Practitioner's Protocol” means a written presentation in booklet or manual form issued by the Council that defines the standards by which the quality of care can be measured and includes plans of clinical management of the common conditions that a family nurse practitioner is allowed to diagnose and treat. It specifies the problem, gives guidelines for care and the expected outcome and indicates at what stage the case should be referred to a Medical Practitioner;
“institution” includes any drug-store, pharmacy or pharmaceutical institution where drugs are dispensed;
“Minister” means the Minister responsible for health;
“nurse practitioner” includes a person who is qualified as a family nurse practitioner;
“nurse-midwife” means a person who is registered both as a nurse and as a midwife under this Act;
“recognised place of training” means a place of training referred to in section 31.
(Amended by Act 1 of 1993)