(A) The Board shall enforce the provisions of this chapter.
(B) The Board may:
(1) maintain an office to carry out its work and provide funds, facilities, and equipment for its operation;
(2) use minimum standards as a basis for evaluating safe and effective nursing practice;
(3) publish advisory opinions relating to nursing practice procedures or policies authorized or acquiesced to by any agency, facility, institution, or other organization that employs individuals licensed under this chapter to comply with acceptable standards of nursing practice;
(4) examine, license, and renew the licenses of duly qualified individuals;
(5) develop minimum standards for continued competency of licensees continuing in or returning to practice;
(6) conduct surveys of educational enrollments and licensure and report to the public;
(7) conduct investigations and hearings concerning alleged violations of this chapter;
(8) develop minimum standards for nursing education programs;
(9) approve nursing education programs that meet the prescribed standards;
(10) deny or withdraw approval of nursing education programs that fail to meet the prescribed standards;
(11) approve the qualifications of nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists functioning in an extended role;
(12) join organizations that develop and regulate the national nursing licensure examinations and promote the improvement of the legal standards of the practice of nursing for the protection of the public;
(13) establish policies governing finances and approve an annual budget;
(14) receive and expend funds in addition to that provided in the State General Appropriations Act. The funds must be expended for purposes authorized.