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

   1. (a) the nursing assessment;
   2. (b) development of the nursing diagnosis;
   3. (c) establishment of the nursing care goal;
   4. (d) development of the nursing care plan; and
   5. (e) evaluation of the patient's progress, or lack of progress, toward goal achievement.
2. (2) A nurse may not delegate to an AP the authority to receive verbal orders from providers.
3. (3) A nurse may not delegate to an AP the task of teaching or counseling patients or a patient's family relating to nursing and nursing services.

Authorizing statute(s): 37-1-131, 37-8-202, MCA

Implementing statute(s): 37-1-131, 37-8-202, MCA

History: 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; AMD, 2021 MAR p. 991, Eff. 8/7/21.