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How do I find and cite a state's nurse practice act?

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Find the state's nurse practice act on its board of nursing website or use the National Council of State Boards of Nursing's (NCSBN) Find Your Nurse Practice Act tool.

You may directly cite the state's nurse practice act as it appears in state statutes or indirectly cite the nurse practice act as found on the state board of nursing's website. Below are examples of both types of reference entries, with corresponding parenthetical in-text citations for Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, and Wisconsin.

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Florida

Florida Nurse Practice Act, Fla. Stat. § 464.001 et seq. (2021). http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0400-0499/0464/0464.html

Parenthetical in-text citation: (Florida Nurse Practice Act, 2021)

Florida Board of Nursing. (n.d.). Nurse Practice Act. https://floridasnursing.gov/resources/

Parenthetical in-text citation: (Florida Board of Nursing, n.d.)

Illinois

Illinois Nurse Practice Act, 225 Ill. Comp. Stat. 65 (2022). https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=1312&ChapterID=24

Parenthetical in-text citation: (Illinois Nurse Practice Act, 2022)

Illinois Board of Nursing. (n.d.). Nursing Act. https://idfpr.illinois.gov/profs/Nursing.asp

Parenthetical in-text citation: (Illinois Board of Nursing, n.d.)

Kansas

Kansas Nurse Practice Act, Kan. Stat. Ann. § 65-1113 et seq. (2021). http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/statute/065_000_0000_chapter/065_011_0000_article/

Parenthetical in-text citation: (Kansas Nurse Practice Act, 2021)

Kansas State Board of Nursing. (n.d.). Nurse Practice Act. https://ksbn.kansas.gov/npa/

Parenthetical in-text citation: (Kansas State Board of Nursing, n.d.)

Minnesota

Minnesota Nurse Practice Act, Minn. Stat. § 148.171 et seq. (2021). https://mn.gov/boards/nursing/laws-and-rules/nurse-practice-act/

Parenthetical in-text citation: (Minnesota Nurse Practice Act, 2021)

Minnesota Board of Nursing. (n.d.). Nurse Practice Act. https://mn.gov/boards/nursing/laws-and-rules/nurse-practice-act/

Parenthetical in-text citation: (Minnesota Board of Nursing, n.d.)

Missouri

Missouri Nursing Practice Act, Mo. Rev. Stat. § 335.011 et seq. (2021). https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneChapter.aspx?chapter=335

Parenthetical in-text citation: (Missouri Nursing Practice Act, 2021)

Missouri Board of Nursing. (n.d.). Nursing Practice Act. https://pr.mo.gov/nursing-rules-statutes.asp

Parenthetical in-text citation: (Missouri Board of Nursing, n.d.)

North Dakota

North Dakota Nurse Practices Act, N.D. Cent. Code § 43-12.1-01 et seq. (2021). https://www.ndlegis.gov/cencode/t43c12-1.html

Parenthetical in-text citation: (North Dakota Nurse Practices Act, 2021)

North Dakota Board of Nursing. (n.d.). Nurse Practices Act. https://www.ndbon.org/Law-Rules/NursePracticesAct.asp

Parenthetical in-text citation: (North Dakota Board of Nursing, n.d.)

Wisconsin

Wisconsin [Nurse Practice Act], Wis. Stat. § 441.001 et seq. (2022). https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/441.pdf

Parenthetical in-text citation: (Wisconsin Nurse Practice Act, 2022)

Wisconsin Board of Nursing. (n.d.). [Nurse Practice Act]. https://dsps.wi.gov/Pages/RulesStatutes/Nursing.aspx

Parenthetical in-text citation: (Wisconsin Board of Nursing, n.d.)

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