The Mississippi Board of Nursing is a consumer protection agency with the authority to regulate the practice of nursing through licensure and by establishing scope of nursing practice as provided for by Miss. Code Ann. of 1972, Annotated, Title 73, Chapter 15. The Board is responsible for the quality of nursing care rendered by the practitioners of nursing to the consumers of health care. The purpose of these regulations is to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of this state.
30 Miss. Code. R. 2801-1.1