SECTION 225.2. Exclusions from Chapter  


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  • This chapter does not apply to:

    (1) tasks performed for acute, unstable, or unpredictable conditions;

    (2) settings where nursing services are continuously provided;

    (3) tasks performed under authority of Government Code §531.051(e) relating to Consumer Direction of Certain Services for Persons With Disability and Elderly Persons;

    (4) RNs who:

    (A) supervise or instruct others in the gratuitous nursing care of the sick;

    (B) are qualified nursing faculty or preceptors directly supervising or instructing nursing students in the performance of nursing tasks while enrolled in accredited nursing programs;

    (C) instruct and/or supervise an unlicensed person in the proper performance of nursing tasks as a part of an education course designed to prepare persons to obtain a state license, certificate or permit that authorizes the person to perform such tasks; and

    (D) assign tasks to or supervise LVNs or other licensed practitioners practicing within the scope of their license.

Source Note: The provisions of this §225.2 adopted to be effective February 19, 2003, 28 TexReg 1386; amended to be effective February 24, 2014, 39 TexReg 1154