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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, § 80 (2026)

Violations of provisions relating to professional nursing

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Section 80. Whoever, not being lawfully authorized to practice as a registered nurse within the commonwealth, practices or attempts to practice professional nursing or uses the abbreviation R.N., or any other words, letters or figures to indicate that the person using the same is such a registered nurse, shall, except as provided in section sixty-five, be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars; provided, however, that a nonresident, licensed to practice professional nursing in another jurisdiction, may attend upon a nonresident of the commonwealth temporarily abiding here. Whoever becomes or attempts to become registered as a registered nurse or practices or attempts to practice professional nursing under a false or assumed name shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment for one year, or both.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1985–2001 · leading case: Boston Med. Ctr. v. Serv. Employees Int'l Union, Local 285, 260 F.3d 16 (1st Cir. 2001).
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Boston Med. Ctr. v. Serv. Employees Int'l Union, Local 285, 260 F.3d 16 (1st Cir. 2001). “6 The Hospital cites other laws requiring nurses to be licensed by the state, see Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, § 74A, and criminalizing the unauthorized practice of nursing, see Mass.”
Leigh v. Bd. of Reg. in Nursing, 481 N.E.2d 1347 (Mass. 1985). “G. L. c. 112, § 80 (1984 ed.) (providing for the punishment of one who engages in the unauthorized practice of nursing by a fine); and Walden v.”
Walden v. Bd. of Reg. in Nursing, 479 N.E.2d 665 (Mass. 1985). “G. L. c. 112, § 80. In January, 1984, the board mailed to the plaintiff an application for license renewal which contained the following proposed certification: “Pursuant to M.”
Hohenleitner v. Quorum Health Resources, Inc., 10 Mass. L. Rptr. 31 (Mass. Super. Ct. 1999). “G.L.c. 112, §80. These statutory obligations naturally have shaped the standard of care of registered nurses.”
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