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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
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2760
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2760
(a) If the holder of a license is suspended, they shall not be entitled to practice nursing during the term of suspension. (b) Upon expiration of the term of suspension, they shall be reinstated by the board and shall be entitled to resume the practice of nursing unless it is est
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2760.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2760.1
(a) A registered nurse whose license has been revoked or suspended or who has been placed on probation may petition the board for reinstatement or modification of penalty, including reduction or termination of probation, after a period not less than the following minimum periods
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2761
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2761
The board may take disciplinary action against a certified or licensed nurse or deny an application for a certificate or license for any of the following: (a) Unprofessional conduct, which includes, but is not limited to, the following: (1) Incompetence or gross negligence in car
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2761.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2761.1
(a) The board shall not suspend or revoke the certification or license of a nurse practitioner 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 S
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2761.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2761.5
It is the intent of the Legislature to provide for a study of reporting mechanisms to the board so that it can identify methods of receiving timely information on nurses who may have violated this chapter. The California Research Bureau shall prepare and deliver a report to the L
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2762
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2762
In addition to other acts constituting unprofessional conduct within the meaning of this chapter, it is unprofessional conduct for a person licensed under this chapter to do any of the following: (a) Obtain or possess in violation of law, or prescribe, or except as directed by a
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2764
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2764
The lapsing or suspension of a license by operation of law or by order or decision of the board or a court of law, or the voluntary surrender of a license by a licentiate shall not deprive the board of jurisdiction to proceed with any investigation of or action or disciplinary pr
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2765
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2765
A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere made to a charge substantially related to the qualifications, functions, and duties of a registered nurse is deemed to be a conviction within the meaning of this article. The board may order the licen
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2770
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2770
It is the intent of the Legislature that the Board of Registered Nursing seek ways and means to identify and rehabilitate registered nurses whose competency may be impaired due to abuse of alcohol and other drugs, or due to mental illness so that registered nurses so afflicted ma
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2770.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2770.1
As used in this article: (a) “Board” means the Board of Registered Nursing. (b) “Committee” means an intervention evaluation committee created by this article. (c) “Program manager” means the staff manager of the intervention program, as designated by the executive officer of the
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2770.10
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2770.10
Notwithstanding Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to public meetings, a committee may convene in closed session to consider reports pertaining to any registered nurse requesting or participat
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2770.11
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2770.11
(a) Each registered nurse who requests participation in an intervention program shall agree to cooperate with the rehabilitation program designed by the committee and approved by the program manager. Any failure to comply with a rehabilitation program may result in termination of
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2770.12
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2770.12
(a) After the committee and the program manager in their discretion have determined that a registered nurse has successfully completed the intervention program, all records pertaining to the registered nurse’s participation in the intervention program shall be purged. (b) All boa
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2770.13
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2770.13
The board shall provide for the legal representation of any person making reports under this article to a committee or the board in any action for defamation directly resulting from those reports regarding a registered nurse’s participation in an intervention program.