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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2727.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2727.5
A person licensed under this chapter who in good faith renders emergency care at the scene of an emergency which occurs outside both the place and the course of that person’s employment shall not be liable for any civil damages as the result of acts or omissions by that person in
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2728
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2728
If adequate medical and nursing supervision by a professional nurse or nurses is provided, nursing service may be given by attendants, psychiatric technicians, or psychiatric technician interim permittees in institutions under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hos
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2728.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2728.5
Except for those provisions of law relating to directors of nursing services, nothing in this chapter or any other provision of law shall prevent the utilization of a licensed psychiatric technician or psychiatric technician interim permittee in performing services used in the ca
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2729
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2729
Nursing services may be rendered by a student when these services are incidental to the course of study of one of the following: (a) A student enrolled in a board-approved prelicensure program or school of nursing. (b) A nurse licensed in another state or country taking a board-a
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2730
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2730
If he does not represent or hold himself out as a professional nurse licensed to practice in this State and if he has an engagement, made in another State or country, requiring him to accompany and care for a patient temporarily residing in this State during the period of such en
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2731
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2731
This chapter does not prohibit nursing or the care of the sick, with or without compensation or personal profit, when done by the adherents of and in connection with the practice of the religious tenets of any well recognized church or denomination, so long as they do not otherwi
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2732
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2732
No person shall engage in the practice of nursing, as defined in Section 2725, without holding a license that is in an active status issued under this chapter except as otherwise provided in this act. Every licensee may be known as a registered nurse and may place the letters “R.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2732.05
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2732.05
(a) Every employer of a registered nurse, every employer of a registered nurse required to hold any board-issued certification, and every person acting as an agent for such a nurse in obtaining employment, shall ascertain that the nurse is currently authorized to practice as a re
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2732.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2732.1
(a) An applicant for license by examination shall submit a written application in the form prescribed by the board. Upon approval of the application, the board may issue an interim permit authorizing the applicant to practice nursing pending the results of the first licensing exa
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2733
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2733
(a) (1) (A) Upon approval of an application filed pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 2732.1, and upon the payment of the fee prescribed by subdivision (k) of Section 2815, the board may issue a temporary license to practice professional nursing, and a temporary certificate to
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2734
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2734
Upon application in writing to the board and payment of the biennial renewal fee, a licensee may have their license placed in an inactive status for an indefinite period of time. A licensee whose license is in an inactive status may not practice nursing. However, a licensee does
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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