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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="8-301" title_number="8" title_name="Nurses" subtitle_number="3">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this title or §§ 10–14A–03 and 10–14B–03 of the State Government Article, an individual shall be licensed by the Board before the individual may practice registered nursing in this State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this title or §§ 10–14A–03 and 10–14B–03 of the State Government Article, an individual shall be licensed by the Board before the individual may practice licensed practical nursing in this State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this title or §§ 10–14A–03 and 10–14B–03 of the State Government Article, an individual shall be certified as an advanced practice registered nurse before the individual may practice advanced practice registered nursing in this State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section do not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A student enrolled in an approved education program while practicing registered nursing or licensed practical nursing in that program;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A student enrolled in a graduate level accredited program for advanced practice registered nursing while practicing advanced practice registered nursing in that program;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>An individual employed by the federal government to practice registered nursing or licensed practical nursing while practicing within the scope of that employment, if the individual is authorized by any state to practice registered nursing or licensed practical nursing;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>An individual permitted to practice registered nursing or licensed practical nursing under rules and regulations adopted by the Board, if the individual:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Otherwise has qualified to practice registered nursing or licensed practical nursing in any other state or country and is in this State temporarily; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>Has an application for a license pending before the Board; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <level label="A">
            <text>Has not taken the examination required under this title;</text>
          </level>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>Has taken an examination under this title, but the results of the examination are not yet known;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="C">
          <text>Has taken and passed an examination under this title, but is waiting for the completion of the criminal history records check; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="D">
          <text>Has taken and failed an examination required under this title but has not failed the examination more than one time within the 120–day period immediately following the submission of the application to the Board;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>An individual permitted to practice advanced practice registered nursing under rules and regulations adopted by the Board;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>An individual who provides gratuitous care for friends, domestic partners, or family members; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>An individual who responds to a disaster situation in this State to practice registered nursing or licensed practical nursing, if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The individual has an active unencumbered license to practice registered nursing or licensed practical nursing in another state and the individual is assigned by:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The American Red Cross; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>A member of the Maryland Emergency Management Assistance Compact under § 14–803 of the Public Safety Article;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Governor has declared a State of Emergency by Executive Order or proclamation in accordance with § 3–401 of the State Government Article; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The individual reports to the designated staging area in accordance with § 14–803(2)(b)(5)(iv) of the Public Safety Article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A registered nurse or licensed practical nurse in a party state to the Nurse Multistate Licensure Compact shall hold a license in only one party state at a time, that is issued by the home state in accordance with Subtitle 7A of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A registered nurse who has been granted multistate licensing privileges by a party state to the Nurse Multistate Licensure Compact set forth in Subtitle 7A of this title may practice registered nursing in the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>A licensed practical nurse who has been granted multistate licensing privileges by a party state to the Nurse Multistate Licensure Compact set forth in Subtitle 7A of this title may practice practical nursing in the State.</text>
  </level>
</section>
