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36-9A-35. Prohibited acts. No person may:
(1) Practice or offer to practice as a nurse practitioner or 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 nurse practitioner or a 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 nurse practitioner or nurse midwife without being licensed under this chapter;
(5) Practice as a nurse practitioner or nurse midwife during the time that the person's license has lapsed or has been revoked or suspended.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.