Any person who holds a license to practice as a certified registered nurse practitioner in this state has the right to use the title certified registered nurse practitioner and use the abbreviation “R.N.P..” No other person may assume that title or use that abbreviation or any other words or letters, signs, figures, or devices to indicate that the person using it is a certified registered nurse practitioner.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-34-38
Right to use certified registered nurse practitioner title
Known as the The Rhode Island Nurse Practice Act
The act spans §§ 5–5 (61 sections).
P.L. 1990, ch. 162, § 2.
Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.