This part shall not be construed to apply to:
- (1) The gratuitous nursing care of the sick by family or friends;
- (2) The furnishing of nursing care where treatment is by prayer or spiritual means alone;
- (3) Acts done by persons licensed by any board or agency of the State of Arkansas if such acts are authorized by such licensing statutes;
- (4) Nursing tasks performed by nursing students enrolled in Arkansas State Board of Nursing-approved nursing programs while practicing under the direct supervision of qualified faculty or preceptors;
- (5) The instruction and/or supervision of licensed nurses by registered professional nurses in the proper performance of tasks as a part of a state-approved training/education course designed to prepare persons to obtain certification;
- (6) Nursing tasks performed by paramedic/emergency medical technician students enrolled in state-approved programs while practicing under the direct supervision of qualified faculty or preceptors;
- (7) The performance in the school setting of nursing procedures necessary for students to achieve activities of daily living as cited in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1400 – 1485, and which are routinely performed by the student or the student’s family in the home setting;
(8)
- (A) The acts of unlicensed persons responding to an emergency.
- (B) This exclusion shall not be construed as permitting licensed nurses to delegate routinely to unlicensed persons;
- (9) Health maintenance activities performed by a designated care aide in the home, as defined in the Consumer Directed Care Act, Arkansas Code § 17-87-103(12);
- (10) The drawing and measuring of glucagon or insulin by a trained employee of a city or county detention center as defined in Arkansas Code § 17-87-103(14);
- (11) The administration of an emergency dose of medication to a public school student who is diagnosed with an adrenal insufficiency by trained volunteer public school personnel; or
(12) The administration of:
- (A) A seizure rescue medication;
- (B) Medication prescribed to treat seizure disorder symptoms; or
- (C) A manual dose of a prescribed electrical stimulation using a vagus nerve stimulator magnet.