Chapter 457 — Chapter 457

§457-1 Purpose. In order to safeguard life and health, any person practicing or offering to practice as an advanced practice registered nurse, a registered nurse, or a licensed practical nurse in this State for compensation shall be required to submit evidence that the person is …

§457-10 REPEALED. L 1992, c 202, §217.

§457-11 Nursing education programs. (a) An institution desiring to conduct a nursing education program to prepare for the practice of nursing [as] advanced practice registered nurses, registered nurses, or licensed practical nurses shall apply to the board and submit evidence tha…

§457-12 Discipline; grounds; proceedings; hearings. (a) In addition to any other actions authorized by law, the board shall have the power to deny, revoke, limit, or suspend any license to practice nursing as a registered nurse or as a licensed practical nurse applied for or issu…

§457-14 Violations of chapter; penalties. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person, including any corporation, association, or individual to: Any of these misdemeanors shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $500 for a first offense. Each subsequent offense shall be punish…

§457-15 Injunctive relief. The practice of nursing as a registered nurse or as a licensed practical nurse by any person who has not been issued a license under this chapter or whose license has been suspended or revoked or has expired is declared to be inimical to the public welf…

§457-16 Severability. If any provision of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application…

§457-2 Definitions. (a) As used in this chapter unless the content otherwise requires: "Advanced practice registered nurse" means a registered nurse who has met the qualifications for advanced practice registered nurse licensure set forth in this chapter and through rules of the …

§457-2.7 Advanced practice registered nurse. (a) Practice as an advanced practice registered nurse means the scope of nursing in a category approved by the board, regardless of compensation or personal profit, and includes the registered nurse scope of practice. The scope of an a…

§457-3 State board of nursing; appointment; term of office. The board shall consist of nine members as follows: Both nursing education and direct providers of nursing services shall be represented on the board. The term of office for members of the board shall be four years. No m…

§457-4 Qualifications of board members. (a) Each member of the board shall be a resident of this State. Each registered nurse member of the board shall also: (b) Each licensed practical nurse member of the board shall also: (c) Each advanced practice registered nurse member of th…

§457-5 Duties and powers of board. (a) In addition to any other powers and duties authorized by law, the board may: (b) The board shall monitor and evaluate the scope of the practice of nursing in other states and make recommendations to the legislature, when deemed desirable, fo…

§457-7 Registered nurses; qualifications; licenses; fees; title; existing licensed nurses; verification of licenses; eligibility. (a) An applicant for a license to practice nursing as a registered nurse shall submit: (b) Licenses shall be granted either by: (c) The applicant appl…

§457-8 Licensed practical nurse; qualifications; license; fees; title; existing licensed nurses; verification of licenses; eligibility. (a) An applicant for a license to practice nursing as a licensed practical nurse shall submit: (b) Licenses shall be granted either by: (c) The …

§457-8.5 Advanced practice registered nurse; qualifications; licensure; endorsement; fees; eligibility. (a) The board shall grant an advanced practice registered nurse license to a nurse who has: (b) Any person licensed as an advanced practice registered nurse prior to October 1,…

§457-8.7 Advanced practice registered nurses; abortions by medication or aspiration; refusal to perform. (a) Notwithstanding section 453-16 or any other law to the contrary, an advanced practice registered nurse may provide medication or aspiration abortion care in the first trim…

§457-8.8 Advanced practice registered nurses; global signature authority. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, advanced practice registered nurses shall be authorized to sign, certify, or endorse all documents relating to health care within their scope of practice provi…

§457-9 Renewal of license; inactivation and reactivation of license; restoration of forfeited license. (a) The license of every person licensed or granted prescriptive authority shall expire on June 30 of every odd-numbered year and shall be renewed biennially, except as provided…

§457-9.5 Center for nursing fee. (a) Upon the issuance of a new license and at each license renewal period, each nurse shall pay an additional fee of $60, which shall be deposited in a separate account in the compliance resolution fund established pursuant to section 26-9(o). [(b…