Exemptions from required licensing or certification. The provisions of NRS 632.315 do not prohibit:
1. Gratuitous nursing by friends or by members of the family of a patient.
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. Nursing assistance in the case of an emergency.
4. The practice of nursing by students enrolled in accredited schools of nursing or by graduates of those schools or courses pending the results of the first licensing examination scheduled by the Board following graduation. A student or graduate may not work as a nursing assistant unless he is certified to practice as a nursing assistant pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
5. The practice of nursing in this State by any legally qualified nurse or nursing assistant of another state whose engagement requires him to accompany and care for a patient temporarily residing in this State during the period of one such engagement, not to exceed 6 months, if the person does not represent or hold himself out as a nurse licensed to practice in this State or as a nursing assistant who holds a certificate to practice in this State.
6. The practice of any legally qualified nurse of another state who is employed by the United States Government or any bureau, division or agency thereof, while in the discharge of his official duties in this State.
7. Nonmedical nursing for the care of the sick, with or without compensation, if done by the adherents of, or in connection with, the practice of the religious tenets of any well-recognized church or religious denomination, if that nursing does not amount to the practice of practical or professional nursing as defined in NRS 632.017 and 632.018, respectively.
8. A personal assistant from performing services for a person with a physical disability pursuant to NRS 629.091.
Last modified: February 27, 2006