Title 58, Occupations and Professions

58-31b-301. License required -- Classifications. (1) Except as provided in Sections 58-1-307 and 58-31b-308, a license is required to engage in the practice of nursing. (2) The division shall issue to an individual who qualifies under this chapter a license or certification in th…

58-31b-302. Qualifications for licensure -- Scope of practice -- Criminal background checks. (1)(a) Each applicant for licensure under this chapter, except an applicant under Subsection 58-31b-301(2)(e), shall: (i) consent to, and complete, a criminal background check, described …

58-31b-303. Qualifications for licensure -- Graduates of nonapproved nursing programs. An applicant for licensure as a practical nurse or registered nurse who is a graduate of a nursing education program not approved by the division in collaboration with the board must comply wit…

58-31b-304. Qualifications for admission to the examinations. (1) To be admitted to the examinations required for certification as a medication aide certified, an individual shall: (a) submit an application on a form the division approves; (b) pay a fee as determined by the divis…

58-31b-305. Term of license -- Expiration -- Renewal. (1)(a) The division shall issue each license or certification under this chapter in accordance with a two-year renewal cycle established by rule. (b) The division may by rule extend or shorten a renewal period by as much as on…

58-31b-306. APRN intern license. (1)(a) The division may issue an APRN intern license to a person who meets all qualifications for a license as an advanced practice registered nurse under this chapter, except for the passing of required examinations, if the applicant: (i) is a gr…

58-31b-306.1. Registered nurse apprentice license. (1) The division shall issue a registered nurse apprentice license to an individual who meets the qualifications under Subsection 58-31b-302(6). (2) Unless the division extends the license for a specified period of time by writte…

58-31b-308. Exemptions from licensure. (1) In addition to the exemptions from licensure in Section 58-1-307, the following persons may engage in acts included within the definition of the practice of nursing, subject to the stated circumstances and limitations, without being lice…

58-31b-308.1. Delegation of nursing care by a responsible caregiver. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Patient" means an individual who is receiving nursing care from a responsible caregiver. (b) "Responsible caregiver" means a patient's spouse, adult child, parent, foster parent…

58-31b-309. Continuing education. (1) The division in collaboration with the board may establish continuing education requirements for each classification of nurse licensure. (2) The division may discriminate between classifications of licensure with respect to continuing educati…

58-31b-401. Grounds for denial of licensure or certification and disciplinary proceedings. (1)(a) As used in this section, "licensed" or "license" includes certified or certification under this chapter. (b) A term or condition applied to the word "nurse" under this section applie…

58-31b-501. Unlawful conduct. "Unlawful conduct" includes: (1) using the following titles, names or initials, if the user is not properly licensed or certified under this chapter: (a) nurse; (b) licensed practical nurse, practical nurse, or L.P.N.; (c) medication aide certified, …

58-31b-502. Unprofessional conduct. (1) "Unprofessional conduct" includes: (a) failure to safeguard a patient's right to privacy as to the patient's person, condition, diagnosis, personal effects, or any other matter about which the licensee is privileged to know because of the l…

58-31b-503. Penalties and administrative actions for unlawful conduct and unprofessional conduct. (1) Any person who violates the unlawful conduct provision specifically defined in Subsection 58-1-501(1)(a) is guilty of a third degree felony. (2) Any person who violates any of th…

58-31b-601. Minimum standards for nursing programs to qualify graduates -- Temporary approval to qualify graduates for licensure -- Minimum standards for medication aide training to qualify persons for certification. (1) Except as provided in Subsections (2) and (3), to qualify a…

58-31b-701. Immunity from liability. A person licensed, registered, or certified under this chapter: (1) who provides emergency care in accordance with Section 78B-4-501 is entitled to the immunity from civil liability provided under that section; and (2) is considered a health c…

58-31b-702. Reporting of disciplinary action -- Immunity from liability. (1) A licensed health care facility or organization or a professional society of nurses in the state that takes disciplinary action against an individual licensed under this chapter relating to any of the fo…

58-31b-703. Opiate antagonist -- Exclusion from unprofessional or unlawful conduct. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Dispense" means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-17b-102. (b) "Expired opiate antagonist" means an opiate antagonist that is no more than 24 months …

58-31b-801. Practice within limits of competency. (1) Each person licensed under this chapter is responsible for confining the person's practice as a nurse to those acts and practices permitted by law. (2) A person licensed under this act may not engage in any act or practice for…

58-31b-802. Consumer access to provider charges. Beginning January 1, 2011, a nurse whose license under this chapter authorizes independent practice shall, when requested by a consumer: (1) make a list of prices charged by the nurse available for the consumer which includes the n…

58-31b-803. Advanced practice registered nurse prescriptive authority. (1) Subject to Subsection (2), a licensed advanced practice registered nurse may prescribe or administer a prescription drug including, a Schedule II-V controlled substance. (2) A licensed advanced practice re…