A. It shall be a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to:
1. Practice nursing under the authority of a license or record illegally or fraudulently obtained or signed or issued unlawfully or under fraudulent representation;
2. Practice nursing unless licensed to do so under the provisions of this chapter;
3. Knowingly employ an unlicensed person as a professional or practical nurse or knowingly permit an unlicensed person to represent himself as a professional or practical nurse;
4. Use in connection with his name any designation tending to imply that he is a professional nurse or a practical nurse unless duly licensed to practice under the provisions of this chapter;
5. Practice professional nursing or practical nursing during the time his license is suspended or revoked;
6. Conduct a nursing education program for the preparation of professional or practical nurses unless the program has been approved by the Board; or
7. Engage in the practice of massage therapy or hold himself out as practicing massage therapy unless he holds a license as a massage therapist issued by the Board.
B. The provisions of this section shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to persons holding a multistate licensure privilege to practice nursing.
Code 1950, § 54-359; 1970, c. 116; 1982, c. 598, § 54-367.35; 1988, c. 765; 1996, c. 166; 2004, c. 49; 2016, c. 324.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations
§ 54.1-3002. Board of Nursing; membership; terms; meetings; quorum; administrative officer
§ 54.1-3003. Qualifications of members
§ 54.1-3005. Specific powers and duties of Board
§ 54.1-3005.1. Criminal history background checks
§ 54.1-3006. Advisory committees
§ 54.1-3006.1. Public school nursing education programs
§ 54.1-3006.2. Nurse aide education program
§ 54.1-3007. Refusal, revocation or suspension, censure or probation
§ 54.1-3008. Particular violations; prosecution
§ 54.1-3011. Renewal of licenses; lapsed licenses; reinstatement; penalties
§ 54.1-3011.01. Restricted volunteer license for registered or practical nurses
§ 54.1-3011.1. Additional fee required for licensure of certain practitioners
§ 54.1-3011.2. Nursing Scholarship and Loan Repayment Fund
§ 54.1-3012. Additional power of the Board
§ 54.1-3012.1. Nursing workforce information
§ 54.1-3013. Approval of nursing education program
§ 54.1-3013.1. Nursing education programs to include child abuse recognition and intervention
§ 54.1-3015. Continuance of license of certified tuberculosis nurse
§ 54.1-3016. Use of title "registered nurse" or "R.N."
§ 54.1-3016.1. Correctional health assistants
§ 54.1-3017.1. Registered nurse provisional license
§ 54.1-3018. Registered nurse's license by endorsement
§ 54.1-3018.2. (Effective July 1, 2023) Pediatric sexual assault survivor services; requirements
§ 54.1-3019. Use of title "licensed practical nurse" or "L.P.N."
§ 54.1-3020. Qualifications of applicant for practical nurse's license
§ 54.1-3021. Practical nurse's license by endorsement
§ 54.1-3022. Use of the title "Certified Nurse Aide" or "C.N.A."
§ 54.1-3023. Application for certification by competency evaluation
§ 54.1-3024. Application for certification by endorsement
§ 54.1-3025. Certification by competency evaluation
§ 54.1-3025.1. Advanced certification; renewal
§ 54.1-3026. Renewal of certification
§ 54.1-3028. Registration of nurse aides prior to October 1, 1989
§ 54.1-3028.1. Nurse aide education programs
§ 54.1-3029. Qualifications for a licensed massage therapist
§ 54.1-3029.1. Advisory Board on Massage Therapy
§ 54.1-3040.1. Findings and declaration of purpose
§ 54.1-3040.3. General provisions and jurisdiction
§ 54.1-3040.4. Applications for licensure in a party state
§ 54.1-3040.5. Additional authorities invested in party state licensing boards
§ 54.1-3040.6. Coordinated licensure information system and exchange of information
§ 54.1-3040.7. Establishment of the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators
§ 54.1-3040.9. Oversight, dispute resolution, and enforcement
§ 54.1-3040.10. Effective date, withdrawal, and amendment
§ 54.1-3040.11. Construction and severability
§ 54.1-3041. Registration required
§ 54.1-3042. Application for registration by competency evaluation