Business and Professions Code § 2796

ARTICLE 5. Penal Provisions

Current as of September 28, 2026Bus. & Prof. Code, § 2796Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 696, Sec. 5.

It is unlawful for any person or persons not licensed or certified as provided in this chapter to use the title “registered nurse,” the letters “R.N. ,” or the words “graduate nurse,” “trained nurse,” or “nurse anesthetist.”

It is unlawful for any person or persons not licensed or certified as provided in this chapter to impersonate a professional nurse or pretend to be licensed to practice professional nursing as provided in this chapter.