Texas Occupations Code
§ 301.004 — APPLICATION OF CHAPTER
OC § 301.004Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part E. REGULATION OF NURSING · Ch. 301. NURSES · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)This chapter does not apply to:
(1)gratuitous nursing care of the sick that is provided by a friend;
(2)nursing care provided during a disaster under the state emergency management plan adopted under Section 418.042, Government Code, if the person providing the care does not hold the person out as a nurse unless the person is licensed in another state;
(3)nursing care in which treatment is solely by prayer or spiritual means;
(4)an act performed by a person under the delegated authority of a person licensed by the Texas Medical Board;
(5)an act performed by a person licensed by another state agency if the act is authorized by the statute under which the person is licensed except that if the person also holds a license under this chapter and the act is within the practice of nursing, the board may take action against that license based on that act;
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Legislative history
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 889 (H.B. 2426), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1189 (S.B. 1058), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.