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Clinical Assistants

Physician Extender Programs

Preamble A physician extender is a healthcare provider who is never the most responsible practitioner providing patient care. Physician extenders must always practise under the supervision of a licensed physician within an approved physician extender program. Physician extender program goals and objectives include: ensuring a standardized accountability framework for the conduct of the physician extender;

Clinical Assistant Licence

Preamble Associate Physicians on a Clinical Assistant licence are registrants under the Conditional Register with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia (College). The application criteria and permitted activities for a Clinical Assistant licence are laid out in sections 49-54 of the Medical Practitioners Regulations1. Associate Physicians on a Clinical Assistant licence are never the most responsible physician (MRP) but may engage in designated aspects of the practice of medicine in the [...]

Physician Extender Programs – Accreditation

Preamble All physician extender programs in Nova Scotia are accredited by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia (the College). Section 8 (1)(f) of the Medical Act1 gives the College authority to oversee and approve programs which permit others to engage in designated aspects of the practice of medicine, including provisions for supervision or other forms of accountability.