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HOUSE BILL 1412
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State of Washington 55th Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By Representatives Cody, Dyer, Keiser, Zellinsky, Conway, Bush, Kessler, Ogden and Sullivan
Read first time 01/24/97. Referred to Committee on Health Care.
AN ACT Relating to the use of the title of nurse as a professionally licensed designation; and amending RCW 18.79.030.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 18.79.030 and 1994 sp.s. c 9 s 403 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
It is unlawful for a person to practice or to offer to practice as a registered
nurse in this state unless that person has been licensed under this chapter. A
person who holds a license to practice as a registered nurse in this state may
use the titles "registered nurse" and "nurse"
and the abbreviation "R.N." No other person may assume ((that))
those titles or use the abbreviation or any other words, letters,
signs, or figures to indicate that the person using them is a registered nurse.
(2)
It is unlawful for a person to practice or to offer to practice as an advanced
registered nurse practitioner or as a nurse practitioner in this state unless
that person has been licensed under this chapter. A person who holds a license
to practice as an advanced registered nurse practitioner in this state may use
the titles "advanced registered nurse practitioner," ((and))
"nurse practitioner," and "nurse" and the
abbreviations "A.R.N.P." and "N.P." No other person may
assume those titles or use those abbreviations or any other words, letters,
signs, or figures to indicate that the person using them is an advanced
registered nurse practitioner or nurse practitioner.
(3) It is unlawful for a person to practice or to offer to practice
as a licensed practical nurse in this state unless that person has been
licensed under this chapter. A person who holds a license to practice as a
licensed practical nurse in this state may use the titles "licensed
practical nurse" and "nurse" and the abbreviation
"L.P.N." No other person may assume ((that)) those
titles or use that abbreviation or any other words, letters, signs, or
figures to indicate that the person using them is a licensed practical nurse.
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