22 Tex. Admin. Code § 224.4 - Definitions
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Activities of daily
living--Limited to the following activities: bathing, dressing, grooming,
routine hair and skin care, meal preparation, feeding, exercising, toileting,
transfer/ambulation, positioning, and range of motion.
(2) Client--the individual receiving
care.
(3) Delegation--Authorizing
an unlicensed person to provide nursing services while retaining accountability
for how the unlicensed person performs the task. It does not include situations
in which an unlicensed person is directly assisting a RN by carrying out
nursing tasks in the presence of a RN.
(4) Unlicensed person--An individual, not
licensed as a health care provider:
(A) who
is monetarily compensated to provide certain health related tasks and functions
in a complementary or assistive role to the RN in providing direct client care
or carrying out common nursing functions;
(B) including, but is not limited to, nurse
aides, orderlies, assistants, attendants, technicians, home health aides,
medication aides permitted by a state agency, and other individuals providing
personal care/assistance of health related services; or
(C) who is a professional nursing student,
not licensed as a RN or LVN, providing care for monetary compensation and not
as part of their formal educational program shall be considered to be
unlicensed persons and must provide that care in conformity with this
chapter.
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