2012 Vermont Statutes
Title 26 Professions and Occupations
Chapter 28 NURSING
§ 1601 Exemptions
§ 1601. Exemptions
(a) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to prohibit other licensed or certified professionals from carrying on in the usual manner any of the functions of their professions.
(b) The board may, by rule, establish standards for waiver of education and competency requirements.
(c) This subchapter does not prohibit the performance of nursing or nursing related functions that are incidental to their program of study by persons enrolled in approved nursing assistant education and competency evaluation programs, or graduates of such programs, pending the results of the first examination following graduation. Graduates practicing under this subsection shall practice under supervision of a licensed nurse and shall have filed an application for licensure.
(d) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to conflict with the administration of medication by nonlicensees pursuant to the residential care home licensing regulations promulgated by the department of disabilities, aging, and independent living. (Added 1993, No. 201 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995; amended 1995, No. 7, § 2, eff. March 28, 1995; 2011, No. 116 (Adj. Sess.), § 19.)
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