Section 301.004 - Application of Chapter(a) This chapter does not apply to:(1) gratuitous nursing care of the sick that is provided by a friend;(2) nursing care provided during a disaster under the state emergency management plan adopted under Section 418.042, Government Code, if the person providing the care does not hold the person out as a nurse unless the person is licensed in another state;(3) nursing care in which treatment is solely by prayer or spiritual means;(4) an act performed by a person under the delegated authority of a person licensed by the Texas Medical Board;(5) an act performed by a person licensed by another state agency if the act is authorized by the statute under which the person is licensed except that if the person also holds a license under this chapter and the act is within the practice of nursing, the board may take action against that license based on that act;(6) the practice of nursing that is incidental to a program of study by a student enrolled in a nursing education program approved under Section 301.157(d) leading to an initial license as a nurse; or(7) the practice of nursing by a person licensed in another state who is in this state on a nonroutine basis for a period not to exceed 72 hours to: (A) provide care to a patient being transported into, out of, or through this state;(B) provide nursing consulting services; or(C) attend or present a continuing nursing education program.(b) This chapter does not authorize the practice of medicine as defined by Chapter 151.Amended by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1189,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2013.Amended By Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 889, Sec. 3, eff. 9/1/2007.Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 553, Sec. 1.004, eff. 9/1/2003. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1999.