36-9A-35Prohibited acts--Violation as misdemeanor.

No person may:

(1)    Practice or offer to practice as a certified nurse practitioner or certified nurse midwife without being licensed under this chapter;

(2)    Sell or fraudulently obtain or furnish a diploma, license, renewal of license, or any other record necessary to practice under this chapter or aid or abet in such actions;

(3)    Practice as a certified nurse practitioner or a certified nurse midwife under cover of any diploma, license, renewal of license, or other record necessary to practice under this chapter that was issued unlawfully or under fraudulent representation;

(4)    Use in connection with that person's name a sign, card, device, or other designation tending to imply that the person is a certified nurse practitioner or certified nurse midwife without being licensed under this chapter; or

(5)    Practice as a certified nurse practitioner or certified nurse midwife during the time that the person's license has lapsed or has been revoked or suspended.

A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Source: SL 1979, ch 256, § 26; SL 1994, ch 300, § 2; SL 1995, ch 218, § 24; SL 2017, ch 171, § 39.