(1) In addition to the exemptions from licensure in Section 58-1-307, the following persons may engage in acts included within the definition of the practice of nursing, subject to the stated circumstances and limitations, without being licensed under this chapter:

1. (a) friends, family members, foster parents, or legal guardians of a patient performing gratuitous nursing care for the patient;
2. (b) persons providing care in a medical emergency;
3. (c) persons engaged in the practice of religious tenets of a church or religious denomination; and
4. (d) after July 1, 2000, a person licensed to practice nursing by a jurisdiction that has joined the Nurse Licensure Compact to the extent permitted by Section 58-31c-102.