(a) The Alabama Board of Nursing, by rule, may do the following:
(1) Determine what nursing care tasks may or may not be delegated by licensed nurses who provide nursing care in a residential community health setting to unlicensed health care workers, provided specific tasks that require the exercise of independent nursing judgment or intervention may not be delegated.
(2) Establish standards of practice by a licensed nurse who delegates nursing care tasks pursuant to subdivision (1).
(b) No department, board, or other agency, other than the Alabama Board of Nursing, may require licensed nurses who provide nursing care in a residential community health setting to receive any additional certification or training in order to delegate nursing care tasks to unlicensed health care workers.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 34-21-1 - Definitions.
Section 34-21-2 - Board of Nursing Generally.
Section 34-21-2.1 - Delegation of Certain Nursing Care Tasks to Non-Nurses.
Section 34-21-3 - Advisory Councils.
Section 34-21-5 - Nursing Educational Programs.
Section 34-21-7 - Violations and Penalties.
Section 34-21-8 - Payment of License and Fees by Pesonal Check.