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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Chapter 464
NURSING

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F.S. 464.0156

464.0156 Delegation of duties.—

(1) A registered nurse may delegate a task to a certified nursing assistant certified under part II of this chapter or a home health aide or a home health aide for medically fragile children as defined in s. 400.462 if the registered nurse determines that the certified nursing assistant or the home health aide is competent to perform the task, the task is delegable under federal law, and the task meets all of the following criteria:

(a) Is within the nurse’s scope of practice.

(b) Frequently recurs in the routine care of a patient or group of patients.

(d) Involves little or no modification from one patient to another.

(e) May be performed with a predictable outcome.

(f) Does not inherently involve ongoing assessment, interpretation, or clinical judgment.

(g) Does not endanger a patient’s life or well-being.

(2)(a) A registered nurse may delegate to a certified nursing assistant the administration of oral, transdermal, ophthalmic, otic, inhaled, or topical prescription medication to a resident of a nursing home facility as defined in s. 400.021 if the certified nursing assistant meets the requirements of s. 400.211(5) and s. 464.2035.

(b) A registered nurse may delegate to a certified nursing assistant, a home health aide, or a home health aide for medically fragile children the administration of oral, transdermal, ophthalmic, otic, rectal, inhaled, enteral, or topical prescription medications to a patient of a home health agency licensed under part III of chapter 400 or to a patient in a local county detention facility as defined in s. 951.23(1) if the certified nursing assistant or home health aide meets the requirements of s. 464.2035 or s. 400.489, respectively.

(c) A registered nurse may not delegate the administration of any controlled substance listed in Schedule II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV of s. 893.03 or 21 U.S.C. s. 812, except for the administration of an insulin syringe that is prefilled with the proper dosage by a pharmacist or an insulin pen that is prefilled by the manufacturer.

(3) The board, in consultation with the Agency for Health Care Administration, shall adopt rules to implement this section.

History.—s. 12, ch. 2020-9; s. 3, ch. 2022-48; s. 9, ch. 2023-183; s. 3, ch. 2023-250.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 464.0156

Total Results: 20

YS Catering Holdings, Inc. v. Attollo Partners LLC

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-06-19

Citation: 274 So. 3d 1203

Snippet: Hotel Corp. v. Hotel Management Co., 116 Fla. 464, 156 So. 893 (Fla. 1934). If the plaintiffs were defrauded

YS Catering Holdings, Inc. v. Attollo Partners LLC

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-06-19

Citation: 274 So. 3d 1203

Snippet: Hotel Corp. v. Hotel Management Co., 116 Fla. 464, 156 So. 893 (Fla. 1934). If the plaintiffs were defrauded

Moriber v. Dreiling

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-01-13

Citation: 194 So. 3d 369, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 424, 2016 WL 145968

Snippet: Hotel Corp. v. Hotel Management Co., 116 Fla. 464, 156 So. 893 (Fla.1934), Florida state and federal

Sam Sugar v. in Re:stern

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-09-24

Citation: 201 So. 3d 103, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 14018

Snippet: Hotel Corp. v. Hotel Mgmt. Co., 116 Fla. 464, 156 So. 893 (1934). This is as simple as the adage

Townsend v. Morton

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2010-06-04

Citation: 36 So. 3d 865, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 7711, 2010 WL 2218327

Snippet: Columbus Hotel Corp. v. Hotel Mgmt. Co., 116 Fla. 464, 156 So. 893, 897 (1934). Over the many years that

Harvard v. Singletary

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1999-05-06

Citation: 733 So. 2d 1020, 1999 WL 278109

Snippet: and State ex rel. Ake v. Swanson, 116 Fla. 464, 464, 156 So. 481, 481 (1934)(denying writ of mandamus without

Cousins Development Corp. v. Metropolitan Dade County

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1994-03-01

Citation: 632 So. 2d 1098, 1994 Fla. App. LEXIS 1668, 1994 WL 59624

Snippet: Hotel Corp. v. Hotel Management Co., 116 Fla. 464, 156 So. 893 (1934).

Kassier v. Kipnis

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1990-12-04

Citation: 571 So. 2d 54, 1990 Fla. App. LEXIS 9088, 1990 WL 191971

Snippet: Hotel Corp. v. Hotel Management Co., 116 Fla. 464, 156 So. 893 (1934); Glass v. Craig, 83 Fla. 408, 417

Henson v. James M. Barker Co., Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1990-01-12

Citation: 555 So. 2d 901, 1990 WL 2062

Snippet: Hotel Corp. v. Hotel Management Co., 116 Fla. 464, 156 So. 893, 902 (1934), and its progeny, which stand

Tolin v. Semco Properties, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1987-05-26

Citation: 507 So. 2d 781, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 8451

Snippet: Hotel Corp. v. Hotel Management Co., 116 Fla. 464, 156 So. 893 (1934); Danann Realty Corp. v. Har*782ris

Wescott v. Wescott

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1984-01-13

Citation: 444 So. 2d 495

Snippet: Hotel Corp. v. Hotel Management Co., 116 Fla. 464, 156 So. 893, 897 (1934). On the other hand, in the

Levenson v. American Laser Corp.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1983-09-23

Citation: 438 So. 2d 179

Snippet: Hotel Corp. v. Hotel Management Co., 116 Fla. 464, 156 So. 893 (Fla. 1934); Lotspeich Co. v. Neogard

Cobourn v. Cobourn

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1983-07-28

Citation: 436 So. 2d 284, 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 22677

Snippet: Corporation v. Hotel Management Company, 116 Fla. 464, 156 So. 893 (1934). Rule 1.540(b) makes no distinction

Brown v. Brown

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1983-06-07

Citation: 432 So. 2d 704

Snippet: Hotel Corp. v. Hotel Management Co., 116 Fla. 464, 156 So. 893 (1934), it is clear to us that a construction

Nessim v. DeLoache

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1980-07-01

Citation: 384 So. 2d 1341

Snippet: Corporation v. Hotel Management Co., 116 Fla. 464, 156 So. 893 (1934); Pryor v. Oak Ridge Development

Select Builders of Florida, Inc. v. Wong

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1979-02-27

Citation: 367 So. 2d 1089

Snippet: Hotel Corp. v. Hotel Management Co., 116 Fla. 464, 156 So. 893 (1934); Masilotti v. Masilotti, 158 Fla

Smith v. Holley

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1978-10-25

Citation: 363 So. 2d 594, 1978 Fla. App. LEXIS 16507

Snippet: Corporation v. Hotel Management Co., 116 Fla. 464, 156 So. 893 (1934). The instant petition merely alleges

Love v. Elliott

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1977-09-12

Citation: 350 So. 2d 93

Snippet: Corporation v. Hotel Management Co., 116 Fla. 464, 156 So. 893 (1934); Rood Company v. Board of Public

State Ex Rel. Scaldeferri v. Sandstrom

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1973-10-31

Citation: 285 So. 2d 409

Snippet: citing State ex rel. Ake v. Swanson, 116 Fla. 464, 156 So. 481 (1934); State ex rel. Davis v. City of

Florida Processing Co. v. State ex rel. Gerstein

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1973-05-22

Citation: 277 So. 2d 547, 1973 Fla. App. LEXIS 6740

Snippet: Corporation v. Hotel Management Co., 116 Fla. 464, 156 So. 893 (1934); and Pemelman v. Pemelman, Fla