As used in this part 31, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) 'Department' means the department of regulatory agencies, created in section 24-1-122.(2) 'Executive director' means the executive director of the department.(3) 'Medicine' or 'medical practice' has the same meaning as 'practice of medicine' as defined in section 12-240-107.(4) 'Nursing' or 'nursing practice' includes both the practice of practical nursing and the practice of professional nursing as set forth in section 12-255-104 (9) and (10), respectively; except that nothing in this part 31 shall be construed to authorize nurses to deliver services outside their scope of practice.(5) 'State' means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or a territory or possession of or administered by the United States.Amended by 2019 Ch. 136, § 133, eff. 10/1/2019.L. 2005: Entire part added, p. 577, § 2, effective July 1.
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