Collaborative Practice Agreements Clause Samples
A Collaborative Practice Agreements clause establishes the framework under which two or more parties, often healthcare professionals, formally agree to work together to provide coordinated services. This clause typically outlines the roles, responsibilities, and scope of practice for each participant, such as a physician and a nurse practitioner, and may specify protocols for communication, supervision, and decision-making. Its core function is to ensure legal compliance and clear operational guidelines, thereby facilitating effective teamwork and improving service delivery while reducing liability risks.
Collaborative Practice Agreements. Collaborative practice agreements shall describe in detail services that a pharmacist may perform for a patient [that provides informed consent], including but not limited to:
Collaborative Practice Agreements. Required Elements
a. permit prescribing only in the presence of a bona fide, established prescriber-patient relationship between a collaborating practitioner and patients receiving clinical care pursuant to the agreement;
b. contain the name(s), license number(s), and dated signature(s) of each covered practitioner;
c. specify start and end dates separated by not more than one year;
d. describe the scope of clinical pharmacy services and/or prescribing to be provided, including any limitations on the scope of those services; and
e. be readily available to any patient or regulatory authority that may request it.
Collaborative Practice Agreements. Required Agreement Terms for All Practice Settings; Duties; Biennial Renewal; Termination; Agreement to be Filed in Primary Practice Setting; and Employment Relationships
(1) A collaborative practice agreement must be a written and signed agreement between an authorized pharmacist with training and experience relevant to the scope of the collaborative practice and a supervising physician that defines the collaborative practice in which the authorized pharmacist and supervising physician propose to engage. The collaborative practice must be within the scope of the supervising physician’s practice. In the community pharmacy setting, the CDTM agreement shall include:
(a) a written referral of a specific patient from the supervising physician to an authorized pharmacist; and
(b) the written consent of the patient to the CDTM agreement.
Collaborative Practice Agreements. References
Collaborative Practice Agreements. Collaborative practice agreements delineate a relationship among an NP, a physician (or group of physicians) and an employing organization to describe how team members work together and define the responsibility and accountability of each team member within the context of practice. Collaborative practice agreements are used to guide decisions that enable the health care providers to work together to use their separate and shared knowledge and skills to provide optimal patient-centered care. NPs at St. Michael’s must develop collaborative practice agreements to define their scope of practice within the clinical environment and those agreements must define and describe: • Patients included in the NP’s practice; • Clinical responsibilities and accountabilities of the NP; • Scope of practice including identification of controlled act procedures and authorized activities (laboratory and diagnostic testing) and medical directives (if required); • General indications for NP communication or consultation with physician partner(s). (Consultation is an explicit request by an NP to another health care professional to provide advice and/or participate in the care of a patient and is required when NPs encounter patient care needs beyond the NP legal scope of practice, beyond their individual competencies, or when patient care would benefit CNO, 2011)). • Description of responsibilities within non-clinical domains of practice consistent with the model of practice for NPs at St. Michael’s (Education, Research and Administration). Please see Appendix 3: a template to guide the development of collaborative practice agreements. Further assistance is available from the Professional Practice Leader for Nurse Practitioners. Once developed and agreed-upon by the NP, physician partners, and Program Director, the Collaborative Practice Agreement must be reviewed by the Professional Practice Leaders for NPs, the Director of Nursing Practice and Education and approved by the Professional Practice Executive Committee. Once approved, the CPAs should be signed by the NP(s), Chief of Division/Service and Program Director and circulated to the Medical Advisory Committee for information. CPAs are developed within the first 3 months of hire, reviewed after one year of practice and then every three years thereafter. As well, they may be updated to reflect changes in scope of practice, hospital policy and/or other relevant clinical requirements. If there are no changes when a CPA is renewed...
Collaborative Practice Agreements. Within 60 days from the ratification of this Agreement, the University will designate a contact person for APNs to serve as an information resource regarding issues such as the provision of documents pertaining to Collaborative Practice Agreements, as well as other issues relating to an APN's practice at the University.