Which group or person has authority to write statutory law such as nurse practice acts?
1. State legislatures
2. State boards of nursing
3. State governors
4. State nursing associations
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Rationale: State legislative bodies create and pass the individual nursing practice acts (statutory laws) and create state boards of nursing or state boards of nurse examiners (state administrative agencies) to implement and enforce those acts. The governor may appoint members of those agencies, but is not involved in writing the acts. State nursing associations may promote or seek to change nurse practice acts, but they cannot do so independently and must work through state legislative bodies.
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