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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2873.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2873.5
Any person who has served on active duty in the medical corps of any of the armed forces, in which no less than an aggregate of 12 months was spent in rendering bedside patient care, and who has completed the basic course of instruction in nursing required by the person’s particu
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2873.6
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2873.6
(a) Any person who on the effective date of this section is employed as a medical technical assistant or as a senior medical technical assistant by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, who served on active duty in the medical corps of any of the Armed Forces of the U
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2875
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2875
Every licensee may be disciplined as provided in this article. The proceedings under this article shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and the board shall have all the powers granted therein.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2876
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2876
(a) 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: (1) Suspending judgment. (2) Placing the licensee on probation. (3) Suspending the licensee’s right to pr
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2877
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2877
If the holder of a license is suspended, the licensee shall not be entitled to practice vocational nursing during the term of suspension and shall return the license to the board. Upon the expiration of the term of suspension, the licensee shall be reinstated by the board and sha
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2878
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2878
The board may suspend or revoke a license issued under this chapter for any of the following: (a) Unprofessional conduct, which includes, but is not limited to, any of the following: (1) Incompetence, or gross negligence in carrying out usual nursing functions. (2) A conviction o
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2878.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2878.1
(a) If a licensed vocational nurse has knowledge that another person has committed any act prohibited by Section 2878, the licensed vocational nurse shall report this information to the board in writing and shall cooperate with the board in furnishing information or assistance as
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2878.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2878.2
The board shall share all complaints and information related to investigations involving respiratory care services, as described in Chapter 8.3 (commencing with Section 3700), including, but not limited to, data, findings, interviews, and evidence, with the Respiratory Care Board
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2878.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2878.5
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 § 2878.6
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2878.6
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 licensed vocational nurse is deemed to be a conviction within the meaning of this article. The board may order t
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2878.7
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2878.7
(a) A person whose license has been revoked, suspended, surrendered, or placed on probation, may petition the board for reinstatement or modification of the penalty, including modification or termination of probation, after a period not less than the following minimum periods has
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2878.8
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2878.8
The board may deny any application or may suspend or revoke any license issued under this chapter based upon the denial of licensure, suspension, restriction, or other disciplinary action of a license by another state, any other government agency, or by another California health
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2878.9
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2878.9
(a) The board may issue an initial license on probation, with specific terms and conditions, to any applicant who has violated any term of this chapter, but who has met all other requirements for licensure and who has successfully completed the examination for licensure within fo
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2879
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2879
(a) Notwithstanding Section 2878 or any other law, the board may revoke, suspend, or deny at any time a license under this chapter on any of the grounds for disciplinary action provided in this chapter. The proceedings under this section shall be conducted in accordance with Chap
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2880
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2880
The board shall prepare and maintain a list of approved schools of vocational nursing in this state whose graduates, if they have the other necessary qualifications provided in this chapter, shall be eligible to apply for a license to practice vocational nursing in this state.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2881
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2881
An approved school of vocational nursing is one which has been approved by the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians of the State of California, gives a course of instruction in vocational nursing of not less than 1,530 hours or 50 semester units approved by the
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2881.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2881.1
The board shall deny the application for approval made by, and shall revoke the approval given to, any school of vocational nursing that does not give to student applicants credit, in the field of nursing, for previous education and the opportunity to obtain credit for other acqu
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2881.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2881.2
(a) The approval process for a school or program shall be consistent with the following timelines: (1) (A) Upon receipt of a complete letter of intent to submit an application for approval as a school or program of licensed vocational nursing, the board shall notify the proposed
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2881.3
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2881.3
(a) The board shall maintain a list of inactive vocational nursing schools and programs seeking board approval. (b) A vocational nursing school or program seeking board approval shall respond to the board within two weeks of each inquiry or request during all phases of the applic
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2882
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2882
The course of instruction of an approved school of vocational nursing shall consist of not less than the required number of hours of instruction in such subjects as the board may from time to time by regulation determine, together with the required number of hours in the care of
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2883
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2883
(a) It shall be the duty of the board, through an official representative, to inspect or review all vocational nursing schools or programs in this state at such times as the board shall deem necessary. Written reports of the inspection or review shall be made to the board, which
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2884
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2884
None of the provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to any school or schools conducted by any well recognized church or denomination for the purpose of training the adherents of such church or denomination in the care of the sick in accordance with its religious tenets.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2885
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2885
It is unlawful for any person or persons not licensed as provided in this chapter to impersonate in any manner or pretend to be a licensed vocational nurse, or to use the title “Licensed Vocational Nurse,” the letters “L.V.N.,” or any other name, word or symbol in connection with
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2886
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2886
(a) It is unlawful for a person to willfully make any false representation or to impersonate any other person in connection with any examination or application for a license, or request to be examined or licensed. (b) It is unlawful for a person to permit or aid any person in any
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2887
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2887
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon a conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 10 days nor more than one year, or by a fine of not less than twenty dollars ($20) nor mor