ENROLLED
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
H. B. 4495
(By Delegates Martin, DeLong, Armstead, Morgan, Higgins,
Hatfield, Stephens, Perdue, Hrutkay, Border and Reynolds)
[Passed March 8, 2008; in effect ninety days from passage.]
AN ACT to amend and reenact §30-7-10 of the code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended; and to amend and reenact º30-7A-2 of said
code, all relating to limiting the use of the titles of
nurses.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §30-7-10 of the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted; that º30-7A-2 of said code be amended and
reenacted, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 7. REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSES.
§30-7-10. Use of titles.
Any person licensed pursuant to this article may use the title
"registered nurse" and the abbreviation "R.N." or the term "nurse".
Except as otherwise provided in article seven-a of this chapter, no
other person may assume a title or use abbreviations or any other
words, letters, figures, signs, or devices to indicate that the
person using the same is a registered professional nurse.
ARTICLE 7A. PRACTICAL NURSES.
§30-7A-2. Use of titles.
(a) Any person licensed pursuant to this article may use the
title "licensed practical nurse," "practical nurse" and the
abbreviation "L.P.N" or the term "nurse". Except as otherwise
provided in article seven of this chapter, no other person may
assume such title, or use such abbreviation, or any other words,
letters, figures, signs, or devices to indicate that the person
using the same is a licensed practical nurse or a practical nurse.
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