(a) The board shall have the power to deny, revoke, or suspend any license to practice registered professional nursing issued or applied for in accordance with the provisions of this article, or to otherwise discipline a licensee or applicant upon proof that he or she:
(1) Is or was guilty of fraud or deceit in procuring or attempting to procure a license to practice registered professional nursing; or
(2) Has been convicted of a felony; or
(3) Is unfit or incompetent by reason of negligence, habits, or other causes; or
(4) Is habitually intemperate or is addicted to the use of habit-forming drugs; or
(5) Is mentally incompetent; or
(6) Is guilty of conduct derogatory to the morals or standing of the profession of registered nursing; or
(7) Is practicing or attempting to practice registered professional nursing without a license or reregistration; or
(8) Has demonstrated abnormal prescribing or dispensing practices pursuant to §30-3A-4 of this code; or
(9) Has willfully or repeatedly violated any of the provisions of this article.
(b) An advanced practice registered nurse licensed under this article may not be disciplined for providing expedited partner therapy in accordance with §16-4F-1 et seq. of this code.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations
Article 7. Registered Professional Nurses
§30-7-2. License Required to Practice
§30-7-3. Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses
§30-7-5a. Schools of Nursing Faculty Requirements
§30-7-6. License to Practice Registered Professional Nursing
§30-7-6b. Special Volunteer License; Civil Immunity for Voluntary Services Rendered to Indigents
§30-7-7. License to Practice Advanced Practice Registered Nursing
§30-7-9. Contents of License or Certificate
§30-7-11. Denial, Revocation, or Suspension of License; Grounds for Discipline
§30-7-11a. Voluntary Agreements Relating to Alcohol or Chemical Dependency; Confidentiality
§30-7-13. Prohibitions and Penalties
§30-7-14. Injunction or Other Relief Against Unlawful Acts
§30-7-15. Administration of Anesthetics
§30-7-15a. Prescriptive Authority for Prescription Drugs
§30-7-15d. Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Signatory Authority
§30-7-15e. Joint Advisory Council on Limited Prescriptive Authority
§30-7-16. General Law Applicable
§30-7-18. Nursing Shortage Study Commission