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It's a misdemeanor, and a second instrument lets the board go after the employment itself. Knowingly employing unlicensed or uncertified persons in the practice of nursing or nurse assisting is 1 of 8 things the act says no person shall do, so it reaches whoever does the hiring rather than only people the board licenses. The other 7 are practicing without a valid current license, certificate or temporary permit, except as otherwise permitted under the act or the Nurse Licensure Compact or the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Compact; practicing under cover of a diploma, license, certificate or record illegally or fraudulently obtained, signed or issued unlawfully or under fraudulent representation; using words, abbreviations, figures, letters, titles, signs, cards or devices implying one of the 4 credentials unless the person holds it under the act or the APRN Compact or holds another state's license and practices here under the Nurse Licensure Compact; knowingly concealing information relating to violations; conducting a nursing education program for registered or practical nurses without board approval; otherwise violating or aiding and abetting a violation; and practicing while a license or certificate is suspended, revoked, surrendered, inactive or lapsed. A violation of any provision of the act is a misdemeanor carrying a fine of not more than $1,000, imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both. That instrument is an injunction: the board may petition in its own name against any person, firm, corporation, institution or association employing an individual to practice nursing or nurse assisting who is not licensed, certified or exempted, and a court may find someone who breaches the injunction guilty of contempt. It carries no knowledge element, where the misdemeanor above it turns on the employer knowing.

Within 2 working days after a termination of, or a change in, an advanced practice registered nurse's prescriptive authority. The standing list underneath that clock covers all APRNs who hold the authority, and the rule fixes what goes on it: the name of the authorized APRN, the RN license number together with the role and population focus the board recognizes, and the effective date of the authorization. Prescriptions themselves are signed with the initials APRN or with the initials of the nationally recognized role and population focus, so a pharmacist reading one can match it against what the board has sent.

Each certificate is applied for separately, and the medication one is filed on top of CNA II. A certified nursing assistant applicant completes a state approved CNA training and competency evaluation program, submits an application and fees, submits fingerprint cards and fees, and passes the NATCEP or a similar national exam, with no more than 5 sittings inside the 2 years following graduation. CNA II asks for the CNA qualifications by examination or endorsement, a board-approved CNA II training and competency evaluation course, and an application with fees and evidence that the course was completed. A Medication Aide-Certified applicant meets the qualifications for CNA II certification first, then completes a board-approved MA-C course, files the application, fees and evidence, and passes a national MA-C examination, again capped at 5 sittings within 2 years of finishing the course. That is 3 separate filings before the medication certificate exists. Home Health Aide sits outside that sequence: it runs off the CNA qualifications rather than the CNA II ones, on 16 hours of board-approved training and competency evaluation, an application and fees.