MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

2831

Article 43 - Health

Section 290 through 302, inclusive, to be under the

new subtitle "Nurse Practice Act"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 290 through 302, inclusive, and
the subtitle "Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical
Nurses", of Article 43 — Health, of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement) be
and they are hereby repealed.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That new
Sections 290 through 302, inclusive, to be under the new
subtitle "Nurse Practice Act", be and they are hereby
added to Article 43 — Health, of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement) to
read as follows:

Article 43 - Health

NURSE PRACTICE ACT

290.

IN ORDER TO SAFEGUARD LIFE AND HEALTH, NO PERSON MAY
PRACTICE OR OFFER TO PRACTICE AS A REGISTERED NURSE OR AS
A LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE IN THIS STATE UNLESS LICENSED
AS PROVIDED BY THIS SUBTITLE. IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY
PERSON NOT LICENSED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE
TO PRACTICE OR OFFER TO PRACTICE AS A REGISTERED NURSE OR
LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE OR TO USE ANY SIGN, CARD OR
DEVICE TO INDICATE THAT THE PERSON IS A REGISTERED NURSE
OR A LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE.

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AS USED IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE
THE MEANINGS INDICATED.

(A)    "BOARD" MEANS THE STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF
NURSES.

(B)   (1) "THE PRACTICE OF REGISTERED NURSING" MEANS
THE PERFORMANCE OF ACTS REQUIRING SUBSTANTIAL SPECIALIZED
KNOWLEDGE, JUDGMENT AND SKILL BASED UPON THE PRINCIPLES
OF THE BIOLOGICAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL, BEHAVIORAL AND
SOCIOLOGICAL SCIENCES IN EITHER: