Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
Title 18. Professional and Occupational Licensing |
Agency 90. Board of Nursing |
Chapter 20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Nursing |
Section 460. Nursing tasks that shall not be delegated
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A. Nursing tasks that shall not be delegated are those which are inappropriate for a specific, unlicensed person to perform on a specific patient after an assessment is conducted as provided in 18VAC90-20-440.
B. Nursing tasks that shall not be delegated to any unlicensed person are:
1. Activities involving nursing assessment, problem identification, and outcome evaluation which require independent nursing judgment;
2. Counseling or teaching except for activities related to promoting independence in personal care and daily living;
3. Coordination and management of care involving collaboration, consultation and referral;
4. Emergency and nonemergency triage;
5. Administration of medications except as specifically permitted by the Virginia Drug Control Act (§ 54.1-3400 et seq. of the Code of Virginia); and
6. Circulating duties in an operating room.
Historical Notes
Derived from Volume 16, Issue 03, eff. November 24, 1999; amended, Virginia Register Volume 20, Issue 24, eff. September 8, 2004.
Statutory Authority
§ 54.1-2400 of the Code of Virginia.