Bill 63 explained in plain English
Nurse Practitioner Week Act, 2016
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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Bill 63, the Nurse Practitioner Week Act, 2016, designates the second full week of November annually as Nurse Practitioner Week in Ontario.
This bill proclaims the second full week of November each year as "Nurse Practitioner Week" in Ontario. It acknowledges the contributions of nurse practitioners to the healthcare system and highlights existing barriers to their full integration.
- It proclaims the second full week of November each year as Nurse Practitioner Week.
- It acknowledges the valuable contributions of nurse practitioners in Ontario.
- It notes the existence of barriers to the full integration of nurse practitioners into Ontario's health care system.
- Nurse practitioners in Ontario
- Patients who receive care from nurse practitioners
- The Ontario health care system
- The Act received Royal Assent on December 8, 2016, and came into force on that same day.
- The bill does not specify any activities or events that must or must not occur during Nurse Practitioner Week.
- The bill does not detail what actions, if any, will be taken to address the barriers to the full integration of nurse practitioners into the health care system.
This Act establishes 'Nurse Practitioner Week' to be observed annually.
Source: Section 1
The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
Source: Section 2
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