# KRS § 314.031: 314.031 Unlawful acts relating to nursing

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## Section

- **Citation:** KRS § 314.031
- **Heading:** 314.031 Unlawful acts relating to nursing
- **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 314 / Section 314.031

## Text

314.031 Unlawful acts relating to nursing.

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to call or hold herself or himself out as or use the

title of nurse or to practice or offer to practice as a nurse unless licensed or

privileged under the provisions of this chapter.

(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or to offer to operate or to represent or

advertise the operation of a school of nursing unless the school of nursing has been

approved under the provisions of this chapter.

(3) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to employ a nurse unless the nurse is

licensed or privileged under the provisions of this chapter.

(4) It shall be unlawful for any nurse, employer of nurses, or any person having

knowledge of facts to refrain from reporting to the board a nurse who is suspected

of having violated any provision of KRS 314.091(1).

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