{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-171.44","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-171.44","heading":"Prohibited acts.","body":"It shall be a violation of this Article, and subject to action under G.S. 90-171.37, for any person to:\n(1)\tSell, fraudulently obtain, or fraudulently furnish any nursing diploma or aid or abet therein.\n(2)\tPractice nursing under cover of any fraudulently obtained license.\n(3)\tPractice nursing without a license. This subdivision shall not be construed to prohibit any licensed registered nurse who has successfully completed a program established under G.S. 90-171.38(b) from conducting medical examinations or performing procedures to collect evidence from the victims of offenses described in that subsection.\n(4)\tConduct a nursing program or a refresher course for activation of a license, that is not approved by the Board.\n(5)\tEmploy unlicensed persons to practice nursing. (1981, c. 360, s. 1; 1991, c. 643, s. 7; 1993, c. 198, s. 10; 1997-375, s. 2.)","path":["Chapter 90. Medicine and Allied Occupations.","Article 9A. Nursing Practice Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_90/GS_90-171.44.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:12:48Z","sha256":"0b7e2d5f07c4a8fcac1698a599bfa4ed72e2416ebe6a8ce218251281a6732e4c","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-171.43a","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-171.45"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}