Section 214 - Unauthorized practices; acts not prohibitedThis act confers no authority to practice dentistry, podiatry, optometry, chiropractic, medicine or surgery, nor does it prohibit--
(1) Home care of the sick by friends, domestic servants, nursemaids, companions, or household aides of any type, so long as such persons do not represent or hold themselves out to be licensed nurses, licensed registered nurses, or registered nurses; or use in connection with their names, any designation tending to imply that they are licensed to practice under the provisions of this act nor services rendered by any physicians, osteopaths, dentists or chiropractors, podiatrists, optometrists, or any person licensed pursuant to the act of March 2, 1956 (P.L.1211, No. 376), known as the "Practical Nurse Law." (2) Care of the sick, with or without compensation or personal profit, when done solely in connection with the practice of the religious tenets of any church by adherents thereof.(3) The practice of professional nursing by a person temporarily in this Commonwealth licensed by another state, territory or possession of the United States or a foreign country, in compliance with an engagement made outside of this Commonwealth, which engagement requires that such person accompany and care for a patient while temporarily in this Commonwealth: Provided, however, That said engagement shall not be of more than six (6) months' duration.(4) The practice of professional nursing, pursuant to a temporary practice permit, by a graduate of an approved program of professional nursing in Pennsylvania or any other state, working under qualified supervision, during the period not to exceed one (1) year between completion of his or her program and notification of the results of a licensing examination taken by such person, and during such additional period as the Board may in each case especially permit.(5) The practice of professional nursing, pursuant to a temporary practice permit, by a person who holds a current license or other evidence of the right to practice professional nursing, as that term is defined in this act, issued by any other state, territory or possession of the United States or the Dominion of Canada, during the period that an application filed by such person for licensure in Pennsylvania is pending before the Board, but not for a period of more than one (1) year and during such additional period as the Board may in each case especially permit.(6) The practice of professional nursing, within the definition of this act, by any person when such person is engaged in the practice of nursing as an employee of the United States.1951, May 22, P.L. 317, No. 69, § 4, imd. effective. Amended 1970, May 6, P.L. 353, No. 118, § 1; 1974, July 3, P.L. 432, No. 151, § 4, imd. effective; 1985, Dec. 20, P.L. 409, No. 109, § 4, effective 1/1/1986.