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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58326</law_id><section_number>54.1-3008</section_number><catch_line>Particular violations; prosecution</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="30">Nursing</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Board of Nursing</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> It shall be a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span> for any person to: <a id="paragraph-213605" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3008/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Practice nursing under the authority of a license or record illegally or fraudulently obtained or signed or issued unlawfully or under fraudulent representation; <a id="paragraph-213606" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3008/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Practice nursing unless licensed to do so under the provisions of this chapter; <a id="paragraph-213607" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3008/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Knowingly employ an unlicensed person as a professional or <span class="dictionary">practical nurse</span> or knowingly permit an unlicensed person to represent himself as a professional or <span class="dictionary">practical nurse</span>; <a id="paragraph-213608" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3008/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Use in connection with his name any designation tending to imply that he is a professional nurse or a <span class="dictionary">practical nurse</span> unless duly licensed to practice under the provisions of this chapter; <a id="paragraph-213609" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3008/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Practice professional nursing or <span class="dictionary">practical nursing</span> during the time his license is suspended or revoked; <a id="paragraph-213610" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3008/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Conduct a nursing education program for the preparation of professional or <span class="dictionary">practical nurses</span> unless the program has been approved by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>; or <a id="paragraph-213611" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3008/#A6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A7" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> Engage in the practice of <span class="dictionary">massage therapy</span> or hold himself out as practicing <span class="dictionary">massage therapy</span> unless he holds a license as a <span class="dictionary">massage therapist</span> issued by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>. <a id="paragraph-213612" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3008/#A7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The provisions of this section shall apply, <span class="dictionary">mutatis mutandis</span>, to persons holding a multistate licensure <span class="dictionary">privilege</span> to practice nursing. <a id="paragraph-213613" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3008/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 54-359; 1970, c. 116; 1982, c. 598, &#xA7; 54-367.35; 1988, c. 765; 1996, c. 166; 2004, c. 49; 2016, c. 324.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
