No provision of this chapter may be construed to prohibit:

1. (1) gratuitous nursing by friends or members of the family;
2. (2) the incidental care of the sick by domestic servants or persons primarily employed as housekeepers as long as they do not practice nursing within the meaning of this chapter;
3. (3) nursing assistance in case of an emergency;
4. (4) the practice of nursing by students enrolled in approved schools of nursing or approved schools of practical nursing, nor by graduates of these schools pending the results of the first licensing examination taken by the graduate following graduation;
5. (5) the practice of nursing in this State by a legally qualified nurse of another state whose engagement requires him to accompany and care for a patient temporarily residing in this State during the period of one engagement, not to exceed six months in length, provided a person does not represent or hold himself out as a nurse licensed to practice in this State;
6. (6) the practice of a legally qualified nurse of another state who is employed by the United States Government or a bureau, division, or agency thereof, while in the discharge of his official duties;
7. (7) nursing care given to their maternity patients, in the performance of their duties, by lay midwives trained and supervised under the authority of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, so long as midwives confine nursing care to maternity patients only and do not claim to be licensed practical nurses;
8. (8) the practice of nursing by a licensed nurse of another state or country who is enrolled in a board-approved course of study or board-approved experimental project requiring nursing practice as a part of the educational program;
9. (9) a person not licensed under this chapter from providing attendant care services directed by or on behalf of an individual in need of in-home care; and
10. (10) performance of an act which a person would normally perform if the person were physically and cognitively able.