Additional Resources for Nurses

• Statutes & Rules

  Licensure Law and Administrative Rules governing this profession are found in various parts of the Indiana Code. The Indiana Professional Licensing Agency provides access to the Licensure Law and Administrative Rules, available by clicking on the links below:

  Title 25 Article 0.5. Applicability of Certain Provisions in IC 25-1

  • Chapter 1. Initial License or Certificate Under IC 25-1-1.1-4
  • Chapter 2. Permits, Licenses, Certificates of Registration, and Evidences of Authority Under IC 25-1-2-2.1
  • Chapter 3. Entities Under IC 25-1-2-6
  • Chapter 4. "Board" as Used in IC 25-1-4
  • Chapter 5. Performance of Administrative Functions, Duties, and Responsibilities for Entities by the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency Under IC 25-1-5-3
  • Chapter 6. "Provider" as Used in IC 25-1-5-10
  • Chapter 8. "Regulated Occupation" for Purposes of IC 25-1-7
  • Chapter 9. "Board" as Used in IC 25-1-8
  • Chapter 10. "Board" as Used in IC 25-1-8-6
  • Chapter 11. "Board" as Used in IC 25-1-9
  • Chapter 12. "Board" as Used in IC 25-1-11

  Title 25 Article 1. General Provisions

  • Chapter 0.1. Effect of Certain Acts
  • Chapter 1. Evidence of License Applicant's Payment of Personal Property Taxes Required
  • Chapter 1.1. Effect of Criminal Convictions on Licensed or Registered Persons
  • Chapter 1.2. Effect of Delinquency in Child Support Payments on Licensed or Registered Persons
  • Chapter 2. Renewal of Licenses Granted by State Agencies
  • Chapter 3. Civil Immunity of Regulatory Agencies
  • Chapter 4. Continuing Education
  • Chapter 5. Professional Licensing Agency
  • Chapter 5.5. Electronic Registry of Professions
  • Chapter 6. Professional Licensing Agency Functions and Duties
  • Chapter 7. Investigation and Prosecution of Complaints
  • Chapter 8. Occupational and Professional Licensure, Registration, and Certification Fees
  • Chapter 9. Health Professions Standards of Practice
  • Chapter 9.5. Telemedicine Services and Prescriptions
  • Chapter 9.7. Prescribing and Dispensing of Opioids
  • Chapter 11. Professional Licensing Standards of Practice
  • Chapter 12. Renewal of Licenses Held by Individuals in Military Service
  • Chapter 13. Indiana Scheduled Prescription Electronic
  • Chapter 15. Exemptions for Athletic Organization Practitioners Licensed in Other Jurisdictions
  • Chapter 16. Evaluation of Regulated Occupations
  • Chapter 17. Licensure of Individuals with Military Training
  • Chapter 18. Pilot Program for State Registration of Privately Certified Individuals
  • Chapter 19. Scleral Tattooing
  • Chapter 20. Effect of a State Disaster Emergency on Professional Disciplinary Action
  • Chapter 21. Reciprocity for Health Care Professionals

  Title 25 Article 23. Nurses

  • Chapter 1. Licensing of Nurses; Creation of Board; Education Programs
    • Section 0.1. Application of certain amendments to chapter
    • Section 1. Definitions
    • Section 1.1. Additional definitions
    • Section 1.2. "Licensed practical nurse" defined
    • Section 1.3. "Practical nursing" defined
    • Section 1.4. "Certified registered nurse anesthetist" defined
    • Section 2. Indiana state board of nursing; establishment; members; term of office; vacancies
    • Section 3. Filling vacancies; removal of board members
    • Section 4. Qualifications of members of board; oath
    • Section 5. Meetings; officers; quorum
    • Section 7. Powers and duties of board
    • Section 7.1. Rules and regulations
    • Section 10. Compensation of board members
    • Section 10.5. Temporary permits
    • Section 11. Requirements for registered nurse applicants; endorsement license; fees; use of title
    • Section 12. Requirements for practical nurse applicants; endorsement license; fees; use of title
    • Section 13.1. Certified nurse midwives
    • Section 16.1. Expiration of license; renewal; fee
    • Section 17. Receipts; use and disposition
    • Section 18. Failure to renew license; reinstatement; fee
    • Section 19.4. Advanced practice nurses; collaboration with licensed practitioner
    • Section 19.5. Advanced practice nurses; authority to prescribe legend drugs
    • Section 19.6. Advanced practice nurses; prescriptions; identification numbers
    • Section 19.7. Renewal of prescriptive authority
    • Section 19.8. Audit; procedure; provide information to board; order to show cause; hearing; divulging records to professional licensing agency; immunity from liability
    • Section 20. Application for nursing education program; employment of registered nurses
    • Section 21. Survey of board; approval; surveys of accredited schools
    • Section 21.5. Education compliance officer
    • Section 26. Duty of attorney general
    • Section 27. Violations; penalty
    • Section 27.1. Limitations on application of chapter; "licensed health professional" defined
    • Section 27.2. Injunction from continuing violation of chapter; punishment
    • Section 29. Practitioners of Church of Christ Scientist
    • Section 30. Administration of anesthesia by certified registered nurse anesthetist
    • Section 31. Rehabilitation of impaired registered nurse or licensed practical nurse; use of information after noncompliance
    • Section 33. Professing to be nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist; use of title
    • Section 34. Impaired nurses account
    • Section 35. Requirements to practice as a forensic nurse; continuing education

  Title 848 Indiana State Board of Nursing 

  • Article 1. Registered Nurses And Practical Nurses (Education Rules)
  • Article 2. Standards For The Competent Practice Of Registered And Licensed Practical Nursing
  • Article 3. Nurse-Midwives
  • Article 4. Advanced Practice Nursing And Prescriptive Authority For Advanced Practice Nursing
  • Article 5. Prescriptive Authority For Advanced Practice Nursing
  • Article 6. Interstate Nurse Licensure Compact And Multistate Licensure Privileges (Repealed)
  • Article 7. Indiana State Nurses Assistance Program

  Title 4 Article 6 Chapter 14. Health Records and Identifying Information

  Title 35 Article 48. Controlled Substances

  • Chapter 3. Registration and Control
• National Council of State Boards of Nursing

  National Council of State Boards of Nursing

• Scope of Practice Rulings

  Licensed practitioners that have a specific question or questions about the scope of practice of their licensed profession may request a "practice ruling" from the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency (PLA) and the Indiana State Board of Nursing (the Board). The PLA and the Board may provide a formal determination/interpretation based on the practitioner's factual situations/circumstances. Licensed practitioners may submit a "Request for Practice Ruling" through the web-based form provided on the PLA's "Request for Practice Ruling" web page. Additional information and instructions for submitting a "Request for Practice Ruling " are provided on the web page.

  All requests will be reviewed by the PLA's legal team, and PLA's legal team will draft a ruling for the Board's consideration and potential adoption. All rulings adopted by the Board will be posted to the Indiana Register as well as the comprehensive list provided on the the PLA's "Request for Practice Ruling" web page.