(a) All nursing procedures, including but not limited to administration of medication, delegated by a licensed nurse to a designated unlicensed person shall be supervised. The degree of supervision required shall be determined by the licensed nurse after an assessment of appropriate factors which may include:
- (1) The health status and mental and physical stability of the individual receiving the nursing care;
- (2) the complexity of the procedure to be delegated;
- (3) the training and competency of the unlicensed person to whom the procedure is to be delegated; and
- (4) the proximity and availability of the licensed nurse to the designated unlicensed person when the selected nursing procedure will be performed.
- (b) As used in this section, "supervision" has the meaning ascribed to such term under subsection (a) of K.S.A. 65-1136 and amendments thereto.
- (c) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas nurse practice act.
L. 1995, ch. 97, § 7; July 1.