Licensure of Registered Nurses

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This is Article 2 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Licensure of Registered Nurses.” It is part of Chapter 30 “Nursing”, which is part of Subtitle III “Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions”, which is part of Title 54.1 “Professions and Occupations”.

It’s comprised of the following 7 sections.

§ 54.1-3016	Use of title "registered nurse" or "R.N."
§ 54.1-3016.1	Correctional health assistants
§ 54.1-3017	Qualifications of applicant for registered nurse's license; examination; graduates of foreign nursing education programs
§ 54.1-3017.1	Registered nurse provisional license
§ 54.1-3018	Registered nurse's license by endorsement
§ 54.1-3018.1	Repealed
§ 54.1-3018.2	Pediatric sexual assault patient services; requirements