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2006 South Dakota Code - 36-9-28 — Practices not prohibited by chapter.
36-9-28. Practices not prohibited by chapter. This chapter does not prohibit:
(1) Any nursing assistance in an
emergency;
(2) The practice of nursing included in a
program of study by a student enrolled in an approved program for
the preparation of registered nurses or licensed practical
nurses;
(3) The practice of a legally qualified
nurse from another state employed by the United States government
and performing her official duty in this state;
(4) Gratuitous care of friends or members
of the family;
(5) Domestic administration of family
remedies, or care of the sick by domestic servants, housekeepers,
companions or household aides of any type, whether employed
regularly or because of an emergency or illness, but who shall not
in any way assume to practice nursing as defined in this
chapter;
(6) The nursing or care of the sick, with
or without compensation, when done in connection with the practice
of the religious tenets of any church by adherents thereof, so long
as they do not engage in the practice of nursing as defined in this
chapter;
(7) The practice of nursing in this state
by a nurse currently licensed in another state or territory whose
employment requires her to accompany and care for a patient in
South Dakota during one such employment not to exceed three months
in length; provided, however, that such person shall not hold
herself out to be licensed in this state;
(8) The practice of the functions of a
certified registered nurse anesthetist by a registered nurse
enrolled as a student in an approved program for the preparation of
certified registered nurse anesthetists;
(9) The practice of nursing in this state
by a nurse currently licensed in another state, territory or
foreign country who is present in this state to lecture relative to
the practice of nursing for a period of not more than five
days;
(10) The administration of medications,
other than by the parenteral route, by staff of adjustment training
centers, group homes, and supervised apartments certified or
approved by the Department of Human Services, when under the
supervision of a licensed registered nurse. The Department of Human
Services, in consultation with the South Dakota Board of Nursing,
shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 for administration
of medications by such staff;
(11) The assistance with or performance of
bowel and bladder care, other than the insertion or removal of
suprapubic and foley catheters, by domestic servants, housekeepers,
companions or household aides, at the direction of a person needing
such care who resides independently outside of any hospital,
nursing or health care facility or other similar institutional
setting;
(12) The administration of medications,
other than by the parenteral route, by staff of community mental
health centers, community mental health residential facilities, and
community support services programs certified or approved by the
department of human services. The administration of medications
shall be under the direct or indirect supervision of a registered
nurse. The Department of Human Services and the South Dakota Board
of Nursing shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 for
administration of medications by such staff;
(13) The services performed in accordance
with § 28-8A-10 by a personal attendant when acting at
the direction of a person with a disability.
(14) The practice of nursing included in a
program of study by a registered nurse enrolled in an approved
program for the preparation of a clinical nurse specialist.
Source: SL 1955, ch 91, § 10; SDC Supp 1960, § 27.0910; SL 1967, ch 101, § 10; SL 1976, ch 228, § 17; SL 1977, ch 295, § 1; SL 1979, ch 255, § 16; SL 1981, ch 278; SL 1987, ch 29, § 91; SL 1988, ch 298; SL 1989, ch 21, § 162; SL 1990, ch 303, § 1; SL 1991, ch 306; SL 1993, ch 275, § 1; SL
Source: SL 1955, ch 91, § 10; SDC Supp 1960, § 27.0910; SL 1967, ch 101, § 10; SL 1976, ch 228, § 17; SL 1977, ch 295, § 1; SL 1979, ch 255, § 16; SL 1981, ch 278; SL 1987, ch 29, § 91; SL 1988, ch 298; SL 1989, ch 21, § 162; SL 1990, ch 303, § 1; SL 1991, ch 306; SL 1993, ch 275, § 1; SL
1994, ch 230, § 3; SL 1994, ch 298, § 2; SL 1995, ch 217, § 4; SL 1998, ch 225, § 1.
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