Types of Law
Nurse Practice Acts
Credentialing
100

This form of accreditation that involves the process of ensuring a person meets certain minimum requirements to practice and in turn granting a license to do so.

Credentialing

300

This tool is used to guide a nurse’s decision making in regards to scope of practice 

Decision Tree

500

This type of law sets care standards between the nurse and the patient for issues such as privacy rights and patient confidentiality.

Common Law

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