Missouri Laws 335.086 – Use of fraudulent credentials prohibited
No person, firm, corporation or association shall:
(1) Sell or attempt to sell or fraudulently obtain or furnish or attempt to furnish any nursing diploma, license, renewal or record or aid or abet therein;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 335.086
- Accredited: the official authorization or status granted by an agency for a program through a voluntary process. See Missouri Laws 335.016
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- practical nurse: a person licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter to engage in the practice of practical nursing. See Missouri Laws 335.016
- Practical nursing: the performance for compensation of selected acts for the promotion of health and in the care of persons who are ill, injured, or experiencing alterations in normal health processes. See Missouri Laws 335.016
- Professional nursing: the performance for compensation of any act which requires substantial specialized education, judgment and skill based on knowledge and application of principles derived from the biological, physical, social and nursing sciences, including, but not limited to:
(a) Responsibility for the teaching of health care and the prevention of illness to the patient and his or her family. See Missouri Laws 335.016
(2) Practice professional or practical nursing as defined by sections 335.011 to 335.096 under cover of any diploma, license, or record illegally or fraudulently obtained or signed or issued unlawfully or under fraudulent representation;
(3) Practice professional nursing or practical nursing as defined by sections 335.011 to 335.096 unless duly licensed to do so under the provisions of sections 335.011 to 335.096;
(4) Use in connection with his name any designation tending to imply that he is a licensed registered professional nurse or a licensed practical nurse unless duly licensed so to practice under the provisions of sections 335.011 to 335.096;
(5) Practice professional nursing or practical nursing during the time his license issued under the provisions of sections 335.011 to 335.096 shall be suspended or revoked; or
(6) Conduct a nursing education program for the preparation of professional or practical nurses unless the program has been accredited by the board.