152.6  LICENSES -- PROFESSIONAL ABBREVIATIONS.
 The board may license a natural person to practice as a registered
 nurse or as a licensed practical nurse.  However, only a person
 currently licensed as a registered nurse in this state may use that
 title and the abbreviation "R N" after the person's name and only a
 person currently licensed as a licensed practical nurse in this state
 may use that title and the abbreviation "L P N" after the person's
 name.  For purposes of this section, "currently licensed" includes
 persons licensed in another state and recognized for licensure in
 this state pursuant to the nurse licensure compact contained in
 section 152E.1 or pursuant to the advanced practice registered nurse
 compact contained in section 152E.3.
         Section History: Early Form

 [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, § 152.5; C77, 79, 81, § 152.6]
         Section History: Recent Form

 2000 Acts, ch 1008, §4; 2005 Acts, ch 53, §4