North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-02 - Nurse Licensure › Chapter 54-02-07 - Disciplinary Action › Section 54-02-07-01.1 - Grounds for discipline

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Practice inconsistent with acceptable standards of nursing
				  practice by a licensee, applicant, or registrant means behavior that may place
				  a client or other person at risk for harm or be in violation of the standards
				  of nursing practice. Inconsistent practice includes incompetence by reason of
				  negligence, patterns of behavior, or other behavior that demonstrates
				  professional misconduct and includes the following:
1. Failure to provide nursing care because of
				client diagnosis, age, sexual preference, gender, marital status, socioeconomic
				status, disability, race, or religion.
2. Cause or permit verbal, physical,
				emotional, or sexual abuse or harassment or intimidation to a client, client's
				family, or other health care provider.
3. Assign or delegate the responsibility for
				performance of nursing interventions to unqualified persons.
4. Failure to appropriately supervise persons
				to whom nursing interventions have been assigned or delegated.
5. Practice of nursing without sufficient
				knowledge, skills, or nursing judgment.
6. Performance of nursing interventions in a
				manner inconsistent with acceptable nursing standards.
7. Inaccurate or incomplete documentation or
				recording, or the falsification, alteration, or destruction of board records or
				client, employee, or employer records.
8. Failure to adhere to the licensee's,
				registrant's, or applicant's professional code of ethics or other applicable
				standards governing the individual's practice.
9. Misappropriation of property, including
				any real or personal property of the client, employer, or any other person or
				entity or failure to take precautions to prevent such
				misappropriation.
10. Abandon or
				neglect a client who is in need of or receiving nursing care.
11. Failure to comply with mandatory
				requirements to report any violation of the Nurse Practices Act or duly
				promulgated rules, regulations, or orders of the board.
12. Practice nursing or assist in the
				practice of nursing while under the influence of alcohol or unauthorized drugs
				or while exhibiting impaired behavior.
13. Alter or falsify a license, registration,
				transcript, diploma, certificate, program of study, or continuing education
				document.
14. Use or permit the use
				of a nursing license or registration that has been fraudulently purchased,
				created, obtained, issued, counterfeited, or altered.
15. Failure to submit to a mental health,
				chemical dependency, or physical evaluation within the timeframe required by
				the board.
16. Violate any term of
				probation, condition, or limitation imposed by the board.
17. Failure to adhere to professional
				boundaries with a client or client's family.
18. Failure to comply with licensure or
				registration requirements.
19.
				Submit to a drug screen that results in a positive test for unauthorized
				drugs.
20. Failure to provide a
				written notice or report required under section
				54-02-07-03.1 of this
				chapter.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-08
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-14