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Or. Rev. Stat. § 678.021 (2026)

License required to practice nursing

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      678.021 License required to practice nursing. Except as provided in ORS 676.347, it is unlawful for any person to practice nursing or offer to practice nursing in this state or to use any title or abbreviation, sign, card or device to indicate the person is practicing either practical or registered nursing unless the person is licensed under ORS 678.010 to 678.415 at the level for which the indication of practice is made and the license is valid and in effect. [1957 c.316 §4 (enacted in lieu of 678.020); 1973 c.584 §2; 2003 c.14 §431; 2022 c.62 §4]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1973–1988 · leading case: Cook v. Workers' Comp. Dep't, 758 P.2d 854 (Or. 1988).
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Cook v. Workers' Comp. Dep't, 758 P.2d 854 (Or. 1988). · cites it 2× “chnicians, assistants and other persons performed under the direction and control of persons duly licensed to practice medicine or surgery, osteopathy, dentistry, chiropractic, naturopathy or chiropody in this *864 state within the limits of the license of the licentiate under…”
Ward v. Oregon State Bd. of Nursing, 510 P.2d 554 (Or. 1973). “ORS 678.021 (2) provides that it is unlawful for an unlicensed person “* * * to hold oneself out to be a licensed professional nurse or to append the letters R.”
McCune v. Oregon Senior Servs. Div., 643 F. Supp. 1444 (D. Or. 1986). “ORS 678.021; OAR 851-20-156. Given these differences, I cannot equate the training given CNAs with that given RNs and LPNs.”
Ward v. Oregon State Bd. of Nursing, 502 P.2d 265 (Or. Ct. App. 1973). · cites it 6× “In the instant case the Board contends that the statutory prohibition in ORS 678.021 [5] against an unlicensed person practicing professional nursing or holding oneself out to be a licensed professional nurse establishes the requisite standard.”
Megdal v. Oregon State Bd. of Dental Examiners, 586 P.2d 816 (Or. Ct. App. 1978). · cites it 2× “111(7) and, therefore, neither expert testimony nor prior promulgation of rules was necessary. There, a nurse's license was revoked for aiding and abetting another to hold herself out as a registered nurse, in violation of former ORS 678.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 678.021(2) — 1 case
Megdal v. Oregon State Bd. of Dental Examiners, 586 P.2d 816 (Or. Ct. App. 1978). “111(7) and, therefore, neither expert testimony nor prior promulgation of rules was necessary. There, a nurse's license was revoked for aiding and abetting another to hold herself out as a registered nurse, in violation of former ORS 678.”
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