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"Nurse" means a person licensed under this chapter or a person who holds a license under
the laws of another state or territory of the United States that is equivalent to a license under this
chapter.
"Nursys" means an integrated process for collecting, storing, and sharing information on
nurse licensure and enforcement activities related to nurse licensure laws that is administered by a
nonprofit organization composed of and controlled by licensing boards."
"Originating site" means the location where the patient is located, whether accompanied
or not by a health care provider, at the time services are provided by a nurse through telehealth,
including but not limited to a nurse's or health care provider's office, hospital, health care facility,
a patient's home, and other non-medical environments such as school-based health centers,
university-based health centers, or the work location of a patient."
"Telehealth" means the use of telecommunications as that term is defined in section 269-1,
to encompass four modalities: store and forward technologies, remote monitoring, live
consultation, and mobile health; and which shall include but not be limited to real-time video
conferencing-based communication, secure interactive and non-interactive web-based
communication, and secure asynchronous information exchange, to transmit patient medical
information, including diagnostic-quality digital images and laboratory results for medical
interpretation and diagnosis, to support long-distance clinical health care while a patient is at an
originating site and the nurse is at a distant site, patient and professional health-related education,
public health and health administration, to the extent that it relates to nursing.
"The practice of nursing as a licensed practical nurse" means the performance of those acts
commensurate with the required educational preparation and demonstrated competency of the
individual, whereby the individual shall be accountable and responsible to the consumer for the
quality of nursing care rendered. The foregoing may include, but shall not be limited to:
implementation of basic nursing procedures in the plan of care; observing and caring for individuals
at all levels of the health spectrum, giving counsel and acting to safeguard life and health and
functioning as a part of the health care team, under the direction of a dentist, physician, osteopathic
physician, registered nurse, osteopath, or podiatrist licensed in accordance with chapter 448, 453, 457,
460, or 463E, or under the orders of a physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 453,
practicing with physician supervision as required by chapter 453, and acting as the agent of the
supervising physician; administration of treatment and medication as prescribed; promotion of health
maintenance of individuals, families, or groups; or teaching and supervision of auxiliary personnel.
"The practice of nursing as a registered nurse" means the performance of professional services
commensurate with the educational preparation and demonstrated competency of the individual
having specialized knowledge, judgment, and skill based on the principles of the biological, physical,
behavioral, and sociological sciences and nursing theory, whereby the individual shall be accountable
and responsible to the consumer for the quality of nursing care rendered. The foregoing may include
but shall not be limited to observation, assessment, development, implementation, and evaluation of
a plan of care, health counseling, supervision and teaching of other personnel, and teaching of
individuals, families, and groups in any stage of health or illness; administration, supervision,
coordination, delegation, and evaluation of nursing practice; provision of health care to the patient in
collaboration with other members of the health care team as autonomous health care professionals
providing the nursing component of health care; or use of reasonable judgment in carrying out
prescribed medical orders of a licensed dentist, physician, osteopathic physician, or podiatrist licensed
in accordance with chapter 448, 453, 460, or 463E; orders of an advanced practice registered nurse
licensed in accordance with this chapter; or the orders of a physician assistant licensed pursuant to