152.6 - LICENSES -- PROFESSIONAL ABBREVIATIONS.
152.6 LICENSES -- PROFESSIONAL ABBREVIATIONS.
The board may license a natural person to practice as a registered
nurse or as a licensed practical nurse. However, only a person
currently licensed as a registered nurse in this state may use that
title and the abbreviation "R N" after the person's name and only a
person currently licensed as a licensed practical nurse in this state
may use that title and the abbreviation "L P N" after the person's
name. For purposes of this section, "currently licensed" includes
persons licensed in another state and recognized for licensure in
this state pursuant to the nurse licensure compact contained in
section 152E.1 or pursuant to the advanced practice registered nurse
compact contained in section 152E.3. Section History: Early Form
[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, § 152.5; C77, 79, 81, § 152.6]
Section History: Recent Form
2000 Acts, ch 1008, §4; 2005 Acts, ch 53, §4