The provisions of this Article do not apply to any of the following:

(1)        A person registered, certified, credentialed, or licensed to engage in another profession or occupation or any person working under the supervision of a person registered, certified, credentialed, or licensed to engage in another profession or occupation in this State if the person is performing work incidental to or within the scope of practice of that profession or occupation and the person does not represent himself or herself as a registered polysomnographic technologist.

(2)        An individual employed by the United States government when performing duties associated with that employment.

(3)        Research investigation that monitors physiological parameters during sleep or wakefulness, provided that the research investigation has been approved and deemed acceptable by an institutional review board, follows conventional safety measures required for the procedures, and the information is not obtained or used for the practice of clinical medicine.

(4)        A physician licensed to practice medicine under Article 1 of Chapter 90 of the N.C. Gen. Stat. or a physician assistant or nurse practitioner licensed to perform medical acts, tasks, and functions under Article 1 of Chapter 90 of the N.C. Gen. Stat..

(5)        A student actively enrolled in a polysomnography education program if:

a.         Polysomnographic services and post-training experience are performed by the student as an integral part of the student’s course of study;

b.         The polysomnographic services are performed under the direct supervision of a registered polysomnographic technologist; and

c.         The student adheres to post-training examination guidelines established by the Board. ?(2009-434, s. 1.)