Any person who holds a license or a multistate licensure privilege to practice professional nursing in Virginia shall have the right to use the title “registered nurse” and the abbreviation “R.N.” No other person shall assume such title or use such abbreviation or any other words, letters, signs or devices to indicate that the person using the same is a registered nurse.

History

1970, c. 116, § 54-367.17; 1988, c. 765; 2004, c. 49.