CODE OF VIRGINIA

PARTICULAR VIOLATIONS; PROSECUTION (§ 54.1-3008)

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.

HISTORY: 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.