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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2855
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2855
Each member of the board shall receive a per diem and expenses as provided in Section 103.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2857
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2857
The board shall issue a license designated as a vocational nurse license.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2858
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2858
The board shall accept in payment of any fee required by this chapter cash or any customary or generally accepted medium of exchange, including check, cashier’s check, certified check or postal money order. For the purposes of this section, customary or generally accepted medium
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2859
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2859
(a) The practice of vocational nursing within the meaning of this chapter is the performance of services requiring those technical, manual skills acquired by means of a course in an approved school of vocational nursing, or its equivalent, practiced under the direction of a licen
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2859.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2859.1
(a) For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (1) “Naturopathic doctor” means a person who holds a current, active, and unrestricted license pursuant to the Naturopathic Doctors Act (Chapter 8.2 commencing with Section 3610). (2) (A) “Supervision” or “supervi
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2860
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2860
(a) This chapter confers no authority to practice medicine or surgery, to provide respiratory care services and treatment, or to undertake the prevention, treatment, or cure of disease, pain, injury, deformity, or mental or physical condition in violation of any provision of law.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2860.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2860.5
(a) Subject to subdivision (b), a licensed vocational nurse when directed by a licensed physician and surgeon or naturopathic doctor may do all of the following: (1) Administer medications by hypodermic injection. (2) Withdraw blood from a patient, if the licensed vocational nurs
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2860.7
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2860.7
(a) (1) A licensed vocational nurse, acting under the direction of a licensed physician and surgeon or naturopathic doctor may perform any of the following: (A) Tuberculin skin tests, coccidioidin skin tests, and histoplasmin skin tests, providing such administration is within th
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2861
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2861
This chapter does not prohibit the performance of nursing services by any person not licensed under this chapter; provided, that such person shall not in any way assume to practice as a licensed vocational nurse.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2861.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2861.5
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 his employment shall not be liable for any civil damages as the result of acts or omissions in rendering the emergency
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2862
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2862
Vocational nursing services may be rendered by a student enrolled in an approved school of vocational nursing when these services are incidental to the student’s course of study.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2863
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2863
This chapter does not prohibit vocational 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
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2864
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2864
Every licensee under this chapter may be known as a licensed vocational nurse and may place the letters “L.V.N.” after the licensee’s name.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2866
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2866
An applicant for a vocational nurse license shall comply with each of the following: (a) Be at least 17 years of age. (b) Have successfully completed at least an approved course of study through the 12th grade or the equivalent thereof as specified by the board. (c) Have successf
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2867
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2867
An applicant for a license authorizing the practice of vocational nursing in this state under this chapter, upon the filing of an application for a vocational nurse license on a form prescribed by the board, shall pay the fee required by this chapter.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2867.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2867.5
Every person to whom a license is issued shall, as a condition precedent to its issuance and in addition to any other fee that may be payable, pay the initial license fee prescribed by this chapter.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2867.6
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2867.6
After receiving the results of having passed the examination and upon receipt of the initial license fee required by subdivision (h) of Section 2895, the board shall issue a receipt or temporary certificate which will serve as a valid permit for the licensee to practice under thi
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2868
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2868
The board shall hold not less than two examinations each year for applicants desirous of practicing vocational nursing in this State, at such times and places as the board may determine.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2870
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2870
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 § 2871
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2871
Any applicant who fails to pass the first examination may take a second examination upon payment of the fee required by this chapter.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2872
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2872
The board shall issue a license to each applicant who passes the examination. The form of the license shall be determined in accordance with Section 164.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2872.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2872.1
The board upon written application and receipt of the required application fee may issue a license without examination to any applicant who possesses a valid, unrevoked license as a vocational nurse or practical nurse issued by any other state or a foreign country, and who in the
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2872.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2872.2
(a) An applicant for license by examination shall submit a written application in the form prescribed by the board. (b) If the application for licensure by examination is received by the board no later than four months after completion of a board-approved nursing program and appr
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2872.3
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2872.3
(a) Applicants and licensees shall provide the board a physical mailing address. (b) Applicants and licensees shall provide the board an electronic mail address no later than July 1, 2022. Unless an applicant specifies in writing a preference for regular mail, the board shall dir
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2873
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2873
Any person possessing either the education or the experience, or any combination of both the education and the experience, equivalent to that acquired in an approved school of vocational nursing may be licensed as a vocational nurse under the provisions of this chapter, provided