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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73028</law_id><section_number>54.1-3016</section_number><catch_line>Use of title &amp;#8220;registered nurse&amp;#8221; or &amp;#8220;R.N.&amp;#8221;</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>22.1-300</reference></referred_to_by><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="2">Licensure of Registered Nurses</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person who holds a license or a multistate licensure <span class="dictionary">privilege</span> to practice professional nursing in Virginia shall have the right to use the title &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">registered nurse</span>&#x201D; and the abbreviation &#x201C;R.N.&#x201D; 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 <span class="dictionary">registered nurse</span>.</p></section></text><history>1970, c. 116, &#xA7; 54-367.17; 1988, c. 765; 2004, c. 49.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
