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24.159.1625    GENERAL NURSING FUNCTIONS AND TASKS THAT MAY NOT BE DELEGATED

(1) The following nursing tasks require nursing knowledge, judgment, and skill and may not be delegated:

(a) the nursing assessment;

(b) development of the nursing diagnosis;

(c) establishment of the nursing care goal;

(d) development of the nursing care plan; and

(e) evaluation of the patient's progress, or lack of progress, toward goal achievement.

(2) A nurse may not delegate to a UAP the authority to receive verbal orders from providers.

(3) A nurse may not delegate to a UAP the task of teaching or counseling patients or a patient's family relating to nursing and nursing services.

History: 37-1-131, 37-8-202, MCA; IMP, 37-1-131, 37-8-202, MCA; NEW, 2005 MAR p. 1291, Eff. 7/1/05; TRANS, from Commerce, 2006 MAR p. 2035; AMD, 2016 MAR p. 1010, Eff. 6/4/16.

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