Scope of Practice

Definition

The legal boundaries of what a healthcare provider is allowed to do, which prevents your dentist from performing heart surgery and your podiatrist from giving you therapy, even if they really want to. Medicine's version of "stay in your lane."

Example Usage

"That is outside my scope of practice," said my nurse practitioner, which is the medical way of saying "not my circus, not my monkeys."

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