A state board of nursing that develops rules specifying the duties of registered nurses is displaying a type of law under which specific branch of the government at the state level?
a. tort c. administrative
b. legislative d. judicial
C
When a state board of nursing develops rules that specify the duties of registered nurses in that state, that board is demonstrating administrative branch law at the state level. An example at the state level of legislative branch law would be the Nurse Practice Act. An example of judicial branch law at the state level would be courts and juries deciding whether a nurse's actions and behaviors comply with the law governing the practice of nurses in the state.
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