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TITLE 22EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 11TEXAS BOARD OF NURSING
CHAPTER 224DELEGATION OF NURSING TASKS BY REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSES TO UNLICENSED PERSONNEL FOR CLIENTS WITH ACUTE CONDITIONS OR IN ACUTE CARE ENVIRONMENTS
RULE §224.2Exclusions from Chapter

This chapter does not apply to:

  (1) tasks provided in compliance with Government Code §531.051(e) relating to Consumer Direction of Certain Services for Persons With Disability and Elderly Persons; or

  (2) 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 §224.2 adopted to be effective February 19, 2003, 28 TexReg 1384; amended to be effective January 27, 2015, 40 TexReg 381

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