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TITLE 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 11 - TEXAS BOARD OF NURSING
CHAPTER 225 - RN DELEGATION TO UNLICENSED PERSONNEL AND TASKS NOT REQUIRING DELEGATION IN INDEPENDENT LIVING ENVIRONMENTS FOR CLIENTS WITH STABLE AND PREDICTABLE CONDITIONS
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SECTION/RULE §225.7 - Activities of Daily Living Not Requiring Delegation
Chapter Review Date 01/05/2022

(a) Activities of daily living (ADLs), as defined in this chapter, that do not fall within the practice of professional nursing may be performed by an unlicensed person in accordance with this section without being delegated. The Board has determined that in situations governed by this chapter ADLs do not fall within the practice of professional nursing when:(1) performed for a person with a functional disability and the client would perform the task(s) but for the functional disability; and(2) the RN determines, based on an assessment under §225.6 of this title (relating to RN Assessment of the Client) that the task(s) is such that it could be performed by any unlicensed person without RN supervision.(b) If the above criteria cannot be met, an ADL may still be performed as a delegated task if it meets the criteria of §225.9 of this title (relating to Delegation Criteria).

Source Note: The provisions of this §225.7 adopted to be effective February 19, 2003, 28 TexReg 1386.

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