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NURSE PRACTICE ACTS

nurse practice acts of 50 states & Territories

I have tried to provide a link to the nurse practice acts of all 50 states and the U.S. territories. Not all states refer to the body of regulation governing their respective Nurse Practice Acts as “Nurse Practice Act”. Delaware for example lists theirs under the title of Division of Professional Regulation

Alabama Nurse Practice Act

Alaska Nurse Practice Act

American Samoa Nurse Practice Act is not available online. A paper version may be available from the board of nursing. Contact info can be found on The-Travel-Nurse.com State Boards page

Arizona Nurse Practice Act

Arkansas Nurse Practice Act

California Nurse Practice Act

Colorado Nurse Practice Act

Connecticut Nurse Practice Act

Delaware Nurse Practice Act When you arrive here you will see a Menu titled “Delaware Administrative Code, Title 24, Professional Regulation” scroll down the menu and click on 1900 Board of Nursing

District Of Columbia Nurse Practice Act

Florida Nurse Practice Act

Georgia Nurse Practice Act

Guam also has no online nurse practice act. Contact info can be found on The-Travel-Nurse.com State Boards page

Hawaii Nurse Practice Act

Scroll down to HRS Chapter 457 - Nurses and click on the link to download a PDF version of the Nurse Practice Act of Hawaii

Idaho Nurse Practice Act

Illinois Nurse Practice Act

Indiana Nurse Practice Act

Iowa Nurse Practice Act

Kansas Nurse Practice Act

Kentucky Administrative Regulations

Once you arrive there scroll down to Chapter 20.

Louisiana Nurse Practice Act

Maine Nurse Practice Act

Maryland Nurse Practice Act Though the Board is not permitted to publish the Nurse Practice Act in electronic format, The Nurse Practice Act can be found at LexisNexis under Maryland Code > Health Occupations > Title 8. Nurses . The Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR, Title 10, Subtitle 27) portion of the Practice Act can be found at COMAR Online. You can also request a paper copy for $5 from Maryland Board of Nursing.

Massachusetts Nurse Practice Act

Michigan does not have a regulation identified as a nurse practice act. Those rules and regulations governing nursing are embedded in the Public health code Public Act 368 and rules of the Michigan Nursing board. You can find the rules and regulations on the Michigan.gov site but an actual easily reached online version does not seem to exist.

Minnesota Nurse Practice Act

Mississippi Nurse Practice Act

Missouri Nurse Practice Act

Montana Nurse Practice Act

Nebraska Nurse Practice Act

Nevada Nurse Practice Act This will take you to a site where you can order a copy of the Nevada Nurse practice site or view 1) the Nurse Practice Laws 2) the Nurse Practice Regulations

New Hampshire Nurse Practice Act

New Jersey Nurse Practice Act

New Mexico Nurse Practice Act

New York Nurse Practice Act

Northern Mariana Islands also has no online nurse practice act. Contact info can be found on The-Travel-Nurse.com State Boards page

North Carolina Nurse Practice Act

North Dakota Nurse Practice Act

Ohio Nurse Practice Act

Oklahoma Nurse Practice Act - its in PDF format or you can print out an order form.

Oregon Nurse Practice Act

Pennsylvania Registered Nurse Practice Act

Pennsylvania Licensed Practical Nurse Act

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico has no online nurse practice act. Contact info can be found on The-Travel-Nurse.com State Boards page

Rhode Island Nurse Practice Act also includes the law for Licensed Practical Nurses

South Carolina Nurse Practice Act

South Dakota Nurse Practice Act

Tennessee Nurse Practice Act

Texas Nurse Practice Act

Utah Nurse Practice Act

Vermont Nurse Practice Act

Virgin Islands is another lovely travel location under U.S. jurisdiction. No online connection. Contact info can be found on The-Travel-Nurse.com State Boards page

Virginia Nurse Practice Act

Washington Nurse Practice Act

West Virginia Nurse Practice Act

Wisconsin Nurse Practice Act

Wyoming Nurse Practice Act