ARM 24.159.1625. GENERAL NURSING FUNCTIONS AND TASKS THAT MAY NOT BE DELEGATED

(1) The following nursing tasks require nursing knowledge, judgment, and skill and may not be delegated: (a) the nursing assessment; (b) development of the nursing diagnosis; (c) establishment of the nursing care goal; (d) development of the nursing care plan; and (e) evaluation of the patient's progress, or lack of progress, toward goal achievement. (2) A nurse may not delegate to an AP the authority to receive verbal orders from providers. (3) A nurse may not delegate to an AP the task of teaching or counseling patients or a patient's family relating to nursing and nursing services.