Section 333.17211 - Practice of nursing or as licensed practical nurse; license or authorization required; use of words, titles, or letters.
PUBLIC HEALTH CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 368 of 1978
333.17211 Practice of nursing or as licensed practical nurse; license or authorization required; use of words, titles, or letters.
Sec. 17211.
(1) A person shall not engage in the practice of nursing or the practice of nursing as a licensed practical nurse unless licensed or otherwise authorized by this article.
(2) The following words, titles, or letters or a combination thereof, with or without qualifying words or phrases, are restricted in use only to those persons authorized under this part to use the terms and in a way prescribed in this part: "registered professional nurse", "registered nurse", "r.n.", "licensed practical nurse", "l.p.n.", "nurse midwife", "nurse anesthetist", "nurse practitioner", "trained attendant", and "t.a.".
History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 409, Imd. Eff. Sept. 29, 2006
Popular Name: Act 368