Section 161.091 - 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.Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 161.091
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 677, Sec. 1, eff. 6/17/2011.