TITLE 5
Businesses and Professions
CHAPTER 5-34
Nurses
SECTION 5-34-47
§ 5-34-47 Titles and abbreviations.
(a) Only those persons who hold a license or privilege to practice as advanced
practice registered nurses in this state shall have the right to use the title
"advanced practice registered nurse" and the roles of "certified registered
nurse anesthetist," "clinical nurse specialist" and "certified nurse
practitioner;" and the abbreviations "APRN," "CRNA," "CNS" and "CNP"
respectively.
(b) The abbreviation for the APRN designation of a certified
registered nurse anesthetist, a clinical nurse specialist and for a certified
nurse practitioner will be APRN, plus the role title, i.e., CRNA, CNS, and CNP.
History of Section.
(P.L. 2013, ch. 83, § 2; P.L. 2013, ch. 93, § 2.)
