Legislature looks to limit lay use of the title ‘nurse’

New legislation would expand the prohibition on representing oneself as a nurse to include the generic term, rather than just licensed positions.

By: Nikita Biryukov

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: October 5, 2026

Words: 647

Last Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago

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An Assembly panel unanimously approved legislation that would fine individuals who call themselves nurses without holding the proper licenses.

Nurses told the Assembly Regulated Professions Committee, which unanimously approved the bill, the change is needed to help maintain trust in nurses, though some witnesses urged steeper fines and other changes that would bar chatbots from identifying themselves as nurses.

Margaret Farrell Daingerfield, president of the New Jersey State Nurses Association, told …

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