Texas § HR.161.091 - DEFINITIONS
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§ HR.161.091. DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Administration of medication" means: (A) removing a unit or dose of medication from a previously dispensed, properly labeled container; (B) verifying the medication with the medication order; (C) giving the proper medication in the proper dosage to the proper client at the proper time by the proper administration route; and (D) recording the time of administration and dosage administered. (2) "Client" means a person with an intellectual and developmental disability who is receiving services from a facility or program listed in Section 161.092 . (3) "Unlicensed person" means an individual not licensed as a health care provider who provides services at or for a facility or program listed in Section 161.092 , including: (A) a nurse aide, orderly, assistant, attendant, technician, home health aide, medication aide with a permit issued by a state agency, or other individual who provides personal health care-related services; (B) a person who is monetarily compensated to perform certain health-related tasks and functions in a complementary or assistive role to a licensed nurse who provides direct client care or performs common nursing functions; (C) a person who performs those tasks and functions as a volunteer but does not qualify as a friend providing gratuitous nursing care of the sick under Section 301.004 , Occupations Code; or (D) a person who is a professional nursing student who provides care for monetary compensation and not as part of a formal educational program. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 677 (S.B. 1857 ), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.
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