Code of Virginia
Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations
Chapter 30 - Nursing

§ 54.1-3000. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...

§ 54.1-3001. Exemptions - A. This chapter shall not apply to the following: 1....

§ 54.1-3002. Board of Nursing; membership; terms; meetings; quorum; administrative officer - The Board of Nursing shall consist of 14 members as...

§ 54.1-3003. Qualifications of members - A. Each professional nurse appointed to the Board shall: 1....

§ 54.1-3004. Nominations - Nominations may be made for each professional vacancy from lists...

§ 54.1-3005. Specific powers and duties of Board - In addition to the general powers and duties conferred in...

§ 54.1-3005.1. Criminal history background checks - The Board shall require each applicant for licensure as a...

§ 54.1-3006. Advisory committees - The Board may appoint advisory committees consisting of three persons...

§ 54.1-3006.1. Public school nursing education programs - The Board of Education and the Board of Nursing, or...

§ 54.1-3006.2. Nurse aide education program - All approved nurse aide education programs shall provide each student...

§ 54.1-3007. Refusal, revocation or suspension, censure or probation - The Board may refuse to admit a candidate to any...

§ 54.1-3008. Particular violations; prosecution - A. It shall be a Class 1 misdemeanor for any...

§ 54.1-3009. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 64.

§ 54.1-3011. Renewal of licenses; lapsed licenses; reinstatement; penalties - A. Every license issued under the provisions of this chapter...

§ 54.1-3011.01. Restricted volunteer license for registered or practical nurses - A. The Board may issue a restricted volunteer license to...

§ 54.1-3011.1. Additional fee required for licensure of certain practitioners - In addition to the fees authorized for licensure and renewal...

§ 54.1-3011.2. Nursing Scholarship and Loan Repayment Fund - A. There is hereby established the Nursing Scholarship and Loan...

§ 54.1-3012. Additional power of the Board - In addition to other powers enumerated in this title, the...

§ 54.1-3012.1. Nursing workforce information - A. With such funds as are appropriated for this purpose,...

§ 54.1-3013. Approval of nursing education program - An institution desiring to conduct a nursing education program to...

§ 54.1-3013.1. Nursing education programs to include child abuse recognition and intervention - In the exercise of its authority to establish minimum standards...

§ 54.1-3014. Survey of nursing education programs; discontinuance of program; due process requirements - A. The Board shall, through its administrative officer or other...

§ 54.1-3015. Continuance of license of certified tuberculosis nurse - Any person licensed as a certified tuberculosis nurse to perform...

§ 54.1-3016. Use of title "registered nurse" or "R.N." - Any person who holds a license or a multistate licensure...

§ 54.1-3016.1. Correctional health assistants - Licensed practical nurses, registered nurses, and nurse practitioners may practice...

§ 54.1-3017. Qualifications of applicant for registered nurse's license; examination; graduates of foreign nursing education programs - A. An applicant for a license to practice professional nursing...

§ 54.1-3017.1. Registered nurse provisional license - The Board may issue a provisional license to an applicant...

§ 54.1-3018. Registered nurse's license by endorsement - A. The Board may issue a license by endorsement to...

§ 54.1-3018.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 157, cl....

§ 54.1-3018.2. (Effective July 1, 2023) Pediatric sexual assault survivor services; requirements - Any person licensed by the Board as a registered nurse...

§ 54.1-3019. Use of title "licensed practical nurse" or "L.P.N." - Any person who holds a license or a multistate licensure...

§ 54.1-3020. Qualifications of applicant for practical nurse's license - A. An applicant for a license to practice as a...

§ 54.1-3021. Practical nurse's license by endorsement - The Board may issue a license by endorsement to any...

§ 54.1-3022. Use of the title "Certified Nurse Aide" or "C.N.A." - No person shall use or assume the title "Certified Nurse...

§ 54.1-3023. Application for certification by competency evaluation - A. Every applicant for certification by competency evaluation shall pay...

§ 54.1-3024. Application for certification by endorsement - Every applicant for certification by endorsement shall pay the required...

§ 54.1-3025. Certification by competency evaluation - All applicants except those certified by endorsement shall be required...

§ 54.1-3025.1. Advanced certification; renewal - A. The Board shall develop and promulgate regulations to establish...

§ 54.1-3026. Renewal of certification - Each certificate issued to practice as a nurse aide shall...

§ 54.1-3027. Exclusions - This article shall not be construed to affect or apply...

§ 54.1-3028. Registration of nurse aides prior to October 1, 1989 - The Board shall add to its registry of certified nurse...

§ 54.1-3028.1. Nurse aide education programs - Nurse aide education programs designed to prepare nurse aides for...

§ 54.1-3029. Qualifications for a licensed massage therapist - A. In order to be licensed as a massage therapist,...

§ 54.1-3029.1. Advisory Board on Massage Therapy - The Advisory Board on Massage Therapy shall assist the Board...

§ 54.1-3030. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2016, c. 108, cl. 3, effective July...

§ 54.1-3040.1. Findings and declaration of purpose - A. The party states find that: 1. The health and...

§ 54.1-3040.2. Definitions - As used in the Nurse Licensure Compact, unless the context...

§ 54.1-3040.3. General provisions and jurisdiction - A. A multistate license to practice registered or licensed practical/vocational...

§ 54.1-3040.4. Applications for licensure in a party state - A. Upon application for a multistate license, the licensing board...

§ 54.1-3040.5. Additional authorities invested in party state licensing boards - A. In addition to the other powers conferred by state...

§ 54.1-3040.6. Coordinated licensure information system and exchange of information - A. All party states shall participate in a coordinated licensure...

§ 54.1-3040.7. Establishment of the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators - A. The party states hereby create and establish a joint...

§ 54.1-3040.8. Rulemaking - A. The Commission shall exercise its rulemaking powers pursuant to...

§ 54.1-3040.9. Oversight, dispute resolution, and enforcement - A. Oversight. 1. Each party state shall enforce this Compact...

§ 54.1-3040.10. Effective date, withdrawal, and amendment - A. This Compact shall become effective and binding on the...

§ 54.1-3040.11. Construction and severability - This Compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate...

§ 54.1-3041. Registration required - A medication aide who administers drugs that would otherwise be...

§ 54.1-3042. Application for registration by competency evaluation - A. Every applicant for registration as a medication aide by...

§ 54.1-3043. Continuing training required - Every applicant for registration as a medication aide shall complete...