<status value="draft" /> <date value="2026-01-19" /> <publisher value="Alberta Health" /> <contact> <name value="Alberta Health" /> <telecom> <system value="url" /> <value value="http://alberta.ca/hisca" /> <use value="work" /> </telecom> <telecom> <system value="email" /> <value value="hisca@gov.ab.ca" /> <use value="work" /> </telecom> </contact> <description value="ProviderRoleType" /> <jurisdiction> <coding> <system value="urn:iso:std:iso:3166" /> <code value="CA" /> </coding> </jurisdiction> <content value="complete" /> <count value="7" /> <concept> <code value="MOA" /> <display value="Medical Office Assistant" /> <definition value="Medical Office Assistant" /> </concept> <concept> <code value="NP" /> <display value="Nurse Practitioner" /> <definition value="Nurse Practitioners are health service providers who are legally qualified and have advanced training in health assessment, health promotion and illness prevention. They diagnose and treat health problems, order and interpret tests, and prescribe drugs." /> </concept> <concept> <code value="ENP" /> <display value="Electroneurophysiology Technologist" /> <definition value="Is the combination of all the roles RET, REPT and RTEMG rolled up to one code ENP." /> </concept> <concept> <code value="HAP" /> <display value="Hearing Aid Practitioner" /> <definition value="Hearing aid practitioners are health service providers who are legally qualified to evaluate hearing ability; select, fit and sell hearing aids; and provide counselling and troubleshooting support for adult hearing aid." /> </concept> <concept> <code value="RCLP" /> <display value="Registered Contact Lens Practitioner" /> <definition value="Within Alberta: Registered Contact Lens Practitioner are health service providers who are legally qualified to design, dispense and evaluate contact lenses from optical prescriptions, for patients who have had a traumatic injury or corneal surgery, for reshaping corneas to correct near sightedness with the protected tile of Contact Lens Practitioner; Contact Lens Fitter; Contact Lens Dispenser; R.C.L.P" /> </concept> <concept> <code value="RDT" /> <display value="Registered Dental Technologist" /> <definition value="Dental Technologists are health service providers who are legally qualified to fabricate, duplicate, alter and repair prosthetic and orthodontic dental devices. Within Alberta: a registered Dental Technologist is a person who has a scope of practice including but not limited to fabricate, duplicate, alter and repair prosthetic and orthodontic devices and to fit those devices when fitting is incidental to the fabrication, duplication, alteration or repair, and have the protected title of Dental Technologist; Registered Dental Technologist; R.D.T." /> </concept> <concept> <code value="RND" /> <display value="Registered Naturopathic Doctor" /> <definition value="Naturopathic doctors are health service providers who are legally qualified to use natural, non-toxic healing therapies to treat patients' diseases and disorders. Within Alberta: Naturopathic doctors blend modern scientific knowledge with traditional and natural forms of treatment to support and stimulate the body's ability to heal itself and treat the underlying cause of disease. In general, they address the physiological, structural, psychological, social, spiritual, environmental and lifestyle factors affecting the patient's health diagnose and treat acute and chronic illness using a broad range of natural therapies, develop individual treatment plans, emphasize disease prevention and health promotion and encourage patients to take responsibility for their own health." /> </concept> </CodeSystem>