{"ref":"TX-CL-04","title":"Nursing Education, Licensure, and Practice","category":"Clinical tasks","summary":"Makes sure any nurse who works for the Agency, in any role, holds a current license to practice in Texas that is verified before the nurse starts and kept under watch, and practices only within that license, the Texas Board of Nursing rules, and the limits of the Agency’s personal assistance services license.","inShort":["Only a nurse with a current license may do nursing work for us. We check every nurse’s license before they start.","If a client asks you to change a dressing, give a shot, or adjust oxygen, kindly say no and call the office.","Never promise that we will do a nursing task. Your supervisor decides what can be added to the plan.","If a client’s health is in danger right now, call 911 first. Then call the office at (512) 555-0100.","If you are a nurse, tell Pat Sample before your next shift if your license expires or the nursing board acts on it."],"primaryCitation":"26 TAC §558.299","citations":["26 TAC §558.299","26 TAC §558.298","26 TAC §558.404","26 TAC §558.245","26 TAC §558.246","26 TAC §558.251","22 TAC chs. 211-226","22 TAC §217.9","22 TAC §217.11","22 TAC §217.12","22 TAC §217.15","22 TAC ch. 216","22 TAC ch. 224","22 TAC ch. 225","Tex. Occ. Code §301.251","Tex. Occ. Code §301.402","Tex. Occ. Code §301.405","Tex. Occ. Code §301.413","Tex. Occ. Code ch. 304","Tex. Occ. Code ch. 303"],"federalCitations":[],"surveyorAsks":["Do you employ or contract with any licensed nurse? In what role, and where is that decision recorded?","Show me the license verification for your nurse supervisor, with the date it was done, and how you know the license is still current today."],"forms":[],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (26 TAC §558.299)","5. Nurse Roles the Agency May Use","6. License Verification and Monitoring","7. Scope of Practice","8. When Staff Are Asked to Perform a Task Outside the Agency’s Scope","9. Procedure Where the Agency Engages a Nurse","10. Reporting and Peer Review","11. Responsibilities","11.1 Staff Training","12. Records and Compliance Monitoring","13. References","14. Related Policies and Forms","15. Approval","16. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"tx-pas","state":"Texas","service":"Home care","guides":[{"path":"/guides/home-care-agency-policies/","h1":"What policies does a home care agency need?"}],"agency":{"name":"Sample Home Care Agency","legalName":"Sample Home Care Agency, LLC","logo":null}}