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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2736
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2736
(a) An applicant for licensure as a registered nurse shall comply with each of the following: (1) Have completed general preliminary education requirements as shall be determined by the board. (2) Have successfully completed the courses of instruction prescribed by the board for
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2736.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2736.1
(a) The course of instruction for an applicant who matriculates on or after September 1, 1985, shall include training in the detection and treatment of alcohol and chemical substance dependency. (b) The course of instruction for an applicant who matriculates on or after January 1
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2736.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2736.5
(a) (1) The board shall adopt regulations to require that, on and after January 1, 2022, all continuing education courses for licensees under this chapter contain curriculum that includes the understanding of implicit bias. (2) Beginning January 1, 2023, continuing education prov
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2736.6
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2736.6
The board shall determine by regulation the additional preparation in nursing, in a school approved by the board, which is required for a vocational nurse, licensed under Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 2840) of this division, to be eligible to take the examination for licen
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2737
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2737
An applicant for a license authorizing him to practice nursing in this State under this chapter, upon the filing of his application shall pay the fee required by this chapter.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2740
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2740
Examinations shall be written, but in the discretion of the board may be supplemented by an oral or practical examination in such subjects as the board determines. All examinations shall be conducted by such persons and in such manner and under such rules and regulations as the b
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2741
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2741
An application for reexamination shall be accompanied by the fees prescribed by this chapter.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2742
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2742
The board shall issue a license to each applicant who passes the examination and meets all other licensing requirements. The form of the license shall be determined in accordance with Section 164.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2746
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2746
The board shall issue a certificate to practice nurse-midwifery to any person who qualifies under this article and is licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2746.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2746.1
Every applicant for a certificate to practice nurse-midwifery shall comply with all the provisions of this article in addition to the provisions of this chapter.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2746.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2746.2
(a) An applicant shall show by evidence satisfactory to the board that they have met the educational standards established by the board or have at least the equivalent thereof. (b) (1) The board shall appoint a committee of qualified physicians and surgeons and nurses called the
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2746.3
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2746.3
Midwife’s certificates issued by the Medical Board of California prior to the effective date of this article shall be renewable only by such board.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2746.4
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2746.4
Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent the practice of midwifery by a person possessing a midwife’s certificate issued by the Medical Board of California on the effective date of this article.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2746.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2746.5
(a) The certificate to practice nurse-midwifery authorizes the holder to attend cases of low-risk pregnancy and childbirth and to provide prenatal care, intrapartum care, and postpartum care, including immediate care for the newborn, interconception care, family planning care, an
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2746.51
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2746.51
(a) Neither this chapter nor any other law shall be construed to prohibit a certified nurse-midwife from furnishing or ordering drugs or devices, including controlled substances classified in Schedule II, III, IV, or V under the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act (Divis
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2746.52
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2746.52
(a) Notwithstanding Section 2746.5, the certificate to practice nurse-midwifery authorizes the holder to perform and repair episiotomies, and to repair first-degree and second-degree lacerations of the perineum. (b) A certified nurse-midwife performing and repairing first-degree
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2746.53
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2746.53
The board may charge the applicant a fee to cover all necessary costs to implement Section 2746.51, that shall be not more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) for an initial application, nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for an application for renewal. The b
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2746.54
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2746.54
(a) A certified nurse-midwife shall disclose in oral and written form to a prospective patient as part of a patient care plan, and obtain informed consent for, all of the following: (1) The patient is retaining a certified nurse-midwife and the certified nurse-midwife is not supe
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2746.55
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2746.55
(a) For all maternal or neonatal transfers to the hospital setting during labor or the immediate postpartum period, for which the intended place of birth was an out-of-hospital setting at the onset of labor, or for any maternal, fetal, or neonatal death that occurred in the out-o
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2746.6
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2746.6
(a) The board shall not suspend or revoke a certificate to practice nurse-midwifery solely for performing an abortion if the holder performed the abortion in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the Reproductive Privacy Act (Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 1234
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2746.7
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2746.7
An applicant for certification pursuant to this article shall submit a written application in the form prescribed by the board, accompanied by the fee prescribed by Section 2815.5.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2746.8
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2746.8
(a) Each certificate issued pursuant to this article shall be renewable biennially, and each person holding a certificate under this article shall apply for a renewal of the certificate and pay the biennial renewal fee required by Section 2815.5 every two years on or before the l
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2750
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2750
Every certificate holder or licensee, including licensees holding temporary licenses, or licensees holding licenses placed in an inactive status, may be disciplined as provided in this article. As used in this article, “license” includes certificate, registration, or any other au
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2751
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2751
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the board may, in its discretion, accept the surrender of a license through a stipulated agreement in the absence of a pleading when the ability of a registered nurse to practice nursing safely is impaired due to mental or physical illness. (b)
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2759
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2759
The board shall discipline the holder of any license, whose default has been entered or who has been heard by the board and found guilty, by any of the following methods: (a) Suspending judgment. (b) Placing upon them probation. (c) Suspending their right to practice nursing for