requesting agency" means any of the following who request the services of a visiting health professional:
(a) the minister;
(b) the corporation;
(c) the Provincial Health Services Authority, or a society that reports to the Provincial Health Services Authority;
(d) a regional health board;
(e) an organization, body or person designated by order of the minister as a requesting agency for the purposes of this section;
"visiting health professional" means a person who is authorized by a governing body to provide the services of a health profession in another province or a foreign jurisdiction.
(2) A visiting health professional may, while in British Columbia,
(a) provide the services described in subsection (3) (d) for a period of up to 72 consecutive hours, and
(b) use, when providing services under paragraph (a), any of the following that he or she is authorized, in the jurisdiction of his or her governing body, to use in relation to the practice of his or her health profession:
(i) a title or term;
(ii) an abbreviation of a title or term;
(iii) an equivalent of a title, term or abbreviation in another language.
(3) In order for subsection (2) to apply, the following requirements and conditions must be met:
(a) the services are requested by a requesting agency in accordance with an agreement or arrangement under section 5.4;
(b) the requesting agency is satisfied that the visiting health professional is in good standing with his or her governing body;
(c) the visiting health professional provides the services only under the direction of the requesting agency or its representatives, and only while the request for services is in effect;
(d) the visiting health professional provides only those services
(i) that he or she is authorized to provide in the jurisdiction of his or her governing body, and
(ii) for which he or she has received, to the satisfaction of the requesting agency, sufficient additional training, if he or she is not authorized to provide those services in the jurisdiction of his or her governing body.