Nevada Revised Statutes Section 632.017 - Professions, Occupations and Businesses

“Practice of practical nursing” defined. “Practice of practical nursing” means the performance of selected acts in the care of the ill, injured or infirm under the direction of a registered professional nurse, an advanced practitioner of nursing, a licensed physician, a licensed physician assistant, a licensed dentist or a licensed podiatric physician, not requiring the substantial specialized skill, judgment and knowledge required in professional nursing.

Last modified: February 27, 2006