Occupations and Professions
Nurse Practice Act
Section 308
Exemptions from licensure.
     58-31b-308.   Exemptions from licensure.
     (1) In addition to the exemptions from licensure in Section 58-1-307, the following persons may engage in acts included within the definition of the practice of nursing, subject to the stated circumstances and limitations, without being licensed under this chapter:
     (a) friends, family members, foster parents, or legal guardians of a patient performing gratuitous nursing care for the patient;
     (b) persons providing care in a medical emergency;
     (c) persons engaged in the practice of religious tenets of a church or religious denomination; and
     (d) after July 1, 2000, a person licensed to practice nursing by a jurisdiction that has joined the Nurse Licensure Compact to the extent permitted by Section 58-31c-102.
     (2) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(d), the division may, in accordance with Section 58-31c-102, limit or revoke practice privileges in this state of a person licensed to practice nursing by a jurisdiction that has joined the Nurse Licensing Compact.

Amended by Chapter 50, 2005 General Session
Amended by Chapter 134, 2005 General Session
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