{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-2732","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 2732","heading":"","body":"No person shall engage in the practice of nursing, as defined in Section 2725, without holding a license that is in an active status issued under this chapter except as otherwise provided in this act.\nEvery licensee may be known as a registered nurse and may place the letters “R.N.” after their name.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS [500. - 4999.202.]","CHAPTER 6. Nursing [2700. - 2838.4.]","ARTICLE 2. Scope of Regulation [2725. - 2742.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"1494c80fffe9e0f9a675b03a15e1cda032003a7962ca29befa3bc287c305746b","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-2731","next":"us-ca/bpc-2732.05"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}