California Code
DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS
CHAPTER 6 - Nursing

ARTICLE 1 - Administration

Section 2700. - 2700. This chapter of the Business and Professions Code constitutes...

Section 2701. - 2701. (a) There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs...

Section 2701.5. - 2701.5. Notwithstanding any other law, the repeal of Section 2701...

Section 2702. - 2702. (a) Each member of the board shall be a...

Section 2703. - 2703. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), all appointments...

Section 2706. - 2706. Pursuant to Section 106, each appointing authority has the...

Section 2707. - 2707. The board shall annually elect from its members a...

Section 2708. - 2708. (a) The board shall appoint an executive officer who...

Section 2708.1. - 2708.1. Protection of the public shall be the highest priority...

Section 2709. - 2709. The board for the purpose of transacting its business...

Section 2709.5. - 2709.5. The board shall accept in payment of any fee...

Section 2710. - 2710. Special meetings may be held at such times as...

Section 2710.5. - 2710.5. The board, with permission of the Director of the...

Section 2712. - 2712. Five members of the board constitute a quorum for...

Section 2713. - 2713. The board shall keep a record of all its...

Section 2714. - 2714. The office of the board shall be in the...

Section 2715. - 2715. (a) The board shall prosecute all persons guilty of...

Section 2716. - 2716. Each member of the board shall receive a per...

Section 2717. - 2717. (a) The board shall incorporate regional forecasts into its...

ARTICLE 2 - Scope of Regulation

Section 2725. - 2725. (a) In amending this section at the 1973–74 session,...

Section 2725.1. - 2725.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a registered...

Section 2725.2. - 2725.2. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a registered...

Section 2725.3. - 2725.3. (a) A health facility licensed pursuant to subdivision (a),...

Section 2725.4. - 2725.4. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the following...

Section 2725.5. - 2725.5. “Advanced practice registered nurse” means those licensed registered nurses...

Section 2726. - 2726. Except as otherwise provided herein, this chapter confers no...

Section 2727. - 2727. This chapter does not prohibit: (a) Gratuitous nursing of...

Section 2727.5. - 2727.5. A person licensed under this chapter who in good...

Section 2728. - 2728. If adequate medical and nursing supervision by a professional...

Section 2728.5. - 2728.5. Except for those provisions of law relating to directors...

Section 2729. - 2729. Nursing services may be rendered by a student when...

Section 2730. - 2730. If he does not represent or hold himself out...

Section 2731. - 2731. This chapter does not prohibit nursing or the care...

Section 2732. - 2732. No person shall engage in the practice of nursing,...

Section 2732.05. - 2732.05. (a) Every employer of a registered nurse, every employer...

Section 2732.1. - 2732.1. (a) An applicant for license by examination shall submit...

Section 2733. - 2733. (a) (1) (A) Upon approval of an application filed...

Section 2734. - 2734. Upon application in writing to the board and payment...

Section 2736. - 2736. (a) An applicant for licensure as a registered nurse...

Section 2736.1. - 2736.1. (a) The course of instruction for an applicant who...

Section 2736.5. - 2736.5. (a) (1) The board shall adopt regulations to require...

Section 2736.6. - 2736.6. The board shall determine by regulation the additional preparation...

Section 2737. - 2737. An applicant for a license authorizing him to practice...

Section 2738. - 2738. The board shall hold not less than two examinations...

Section 2740. - 2740. Examinations shall be written, but in the discretion of...

Section 2741. - 2741. An application for reexamination shall be accompanied by the...

Section 2742. - 2742. The board shall issue a license to each applicant...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Nurse-Midwives

Section 2746. - 2746. The board shall issue a certificate to practice nurse-midwifery...

Section 2746.1. - 2746.1. Every applicant for a certificate to practice nurse-midwifery shall...

Section 2746.2. - 2746.2. (a) An applicant shall show by evidence satisfactory to...

Section 2746.3. - 2746.3. Midwife’s certificates issued by the Medical Board of California...

Section 2746.4. - 2746.4. Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent...

Section 2746.5. - 2746.5. (a) The certificate to practice nurse-midwifery authorizes the holder...

Section 2746.51. - 2746.51. (a) Neither this chapter nor any other law shall...

Section 2746.52. - 2746.52. (a) Notwithstanding Section 2746.5, the certificate to practice nurse-midwifery...

Section 2746.53. - 2746.53. The board may charge the applicant a fee to...

Section 2746.54. - 2746.54. (a) A certified nurse-midwife shall disclose in oral and...

Section 2746.55. - 2746.55. (a) For all maternal or neonatal transfers to the...

Section 2746.6. - 2746.6. (a) The board shall not suspend or revoke a...

Section 2746.7. - 2746.7. An applicant for certification pursuant to this article shall...

Section 2746.8. - 2746.8. Each certificate issued pursuant to this article shall be...

ARTICLE 3 - Disciplinary Proceedings

Section 2750. - 2750. Every certificate holder or licensee, including licensees holding temporary...

Section 2751. - 2751. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the board may, in...

Section 2759. - 2759. The board shall discipline the holder of any license,...

Section 2760. - 2760. If the holder of a license is suspended, he...

Section 2760.1. - 2760.1. (a) A registered nurse whose license has been revoked...

Section 2761. - 2761. The board may take disciplinary action against a certified...

Section 2761.1. - 2761.1. (a) The board shall not suspend or revoke the...

Section 2761.5. - 2761.5. It is the intent of the Legislature to provide...

Section 2762. - 2762. In addition to other acts constituting unprofessional conduct within...

Section 2764. - 2764. The lapsing or suspension of a license by operation...

Section 2765. - 2765. A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction...

ARTICLE 3.1 - Intervention Program

Section 2770. - 2770. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

Section 2770.1. - 2770.1. As used in this article: (a) “Board” means the...

Section 2770.2. - 2770.2. (a) One or more intervention evaluation committees is hereby...

Section 2770.3. - 2770.3. Each member of a committee shall receive per diem...

Section 2770.4. - 2770.4. Three members of a committee shall constitute a quorum...

Section 2770.5. - 2770.5. Each committee shall elect from its membership a chairperson...

Section 2770.6. - 2770.6. The board shall administer the provisions of this article....

Section 2770.7. - 2770.7. (a) The board shall establish criteria for the acceptance,...

Section 2770.8. - 2770.8. A committee created under this article operates under the...

Section 2770.9. - 2770.9. The committee shall inform each registered nurse who requests...

Section 2770.10. - 2770.10. Notwithstanding Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter...

Section 2770.11. - 2770.11. (a) Each registered nurse who requests participation in an...

Section 2770.12. - 2770.12. (a) After the committee and the program manager in...

Section 2770.13. - 2770.13. The board shall provide for the legal representation of...

Section 2770.14. - 2770.14. (a) The board shall produce reports which include, but...

ARTICLE 3.5 - Nursing Corporations

Section 2775. - 2775. A nursing corporation is a corporation which is authorized...

Section 2776. - 2776. It shall constitute unprofessional conduct and a violation of...

Section 2777. - 2777. A nursing corporation shall not do or fail to...

Section 2778. - 2778. The name of a nursing corporation and any name...

Section 2779. - 2779. Except as provided in Sections 13401.5 and 13403 of...

Section 2780. - 2780. The income of a nursing corporation attributable to professional...

Section 2781. - 2781. The board may adopt and enforce regulations to carry...

ARTICLE 4 - Nursing Schools

Section 2785. - 2785. The board shall prepare and maintain a list of...

Section 2785.5. - 2785.5. The board shall establish a workgroup, or use an...

Section 2785.6. - 2785.6. There is created within the jurisdiction of the board...

Section 2786. - 2786. (a) (1) An approved school of nursing, or an...

Section 2786.1. - 2786.1. (a) The board shall deny the application for approval...

Section 2786.2. - 2786.2. (a) A private postsecondary school of nursing approved by...

Section 2786.3. - 2786.3. (a) Until the end of the 2023–24 academic year,...

Section 2786.4. - 2786.4. (a) An institution of higher education or a private...

Section 2786.5. - 2786.5. (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 128.5, an...

Section 2786.6. - 2786.6. The board shall deny the application for approval made...

Section 2788. - 2788. It shall be the duty of the board, through...

Section 2789. - 2789. None of the provisions of this chapter shall be...

ARTICLE 5 - Penal Provisions

Section 2795. - 2795. Except as provided in this chapter, it is unlawful...

Section 2796. - 2796. It is unlawful for any person or persons not...

Section 2797. - 2797. It is unlawful for a person to wilfully make...

Section 2798. - 2798. (a) It is unlawful for anyone to conduct a...

Section 2799. - 2799. Any person who violates any of the provisions of...

Section 2800. - 2800. None of the sections in this article, except Sections...

ARTICLE 6 - Revenue

Section 2810. - 2810. There is established in the State Treasury a Board...

Section 2811. - 2811. (a) Each person holding a regular renewable license under...

Section 2811.5. - 2811.5. (a) Each person renewing their license under Section 2811...

Section 2811.6. - 2811.6. Providers of continuing education programs approved by the board...

Section 2812. - 2812. Within 10 days after the beginning of each month,...

Section 2814. - 2814. All money in the Board of Registered Nursing Fund...

Section 2815. - 2815. Subject to the provisions of Section 128.5, the amount...

Section 2815.1. - 2815.1. As provided in subdivision (d) of Section 2815, the...

Section 2815.5. - 2815.5. The amount of the fees prescribed by this chapter...

Section 2815.7. - 2815.7. The board shall report to the appropriate policy and...

ARTICLE 6.5 - Public Health Nurse Certification

Section 2816. - 2816. The nonrefundable fee to be paid by a registered...

Section 2817. - 2817. The qualifications prescribed by the board under this article...

Section 2818. - 2818. (a) The Legislature recognizes that public health nursing is...

Section 2819. - 2819. In order to effect a speedy and efficient transfer...

Section 2820. - 2820. Nothing in this article shall be construed as expanding...

ARTICLE 7 - Nurse Anesthetists

Section 2825. - 2825. This article may be cited as the Nurse Anesthetists...

Section 2826. - 2826. As used in this article: (a) “Nurse anesthetist” means...

Section 2827. - 2827. The utilization of a nurse anesthetist to provide anesthesia...

Section 2828. - 2828. In an acute care facility, a nurse anesthetist who...

Section 2829. - 2829. It is unlawful for any person or persons to...

Section 2830. - 2830. The board shall issue a certificate to practice nurse...

Section 2830.5. - 2830.5. Every applicant shall show by evidence satisfactory to the...

Section 2830.6. - 2830.6. Notwithstanding Section 2830, the board shall certify all applicants...

Section 2830.7. - 2830.7. The amount of the fees prescribed by this chapter...

Section 2831. - 2831. An applicant for certification pursuant to this article shall...

Section 2832. - 2832. Every applicant for a certificate to practice nurse anesthesia...

Section 2833. - 2833. Each certificate issued pursuant to this article shall be...

Section 2833.3. - 2833.3. Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit...

Section 2833.5. - 2833.5. Except as provided in Section 2725 and in this...

Section 2833.6. - 2833.6. This chapter is not intended to address the scope...

ARTICLE 8 - Nurse Practitioners

Section 2834. - 2834. The Legislature finds that various and conflicting definitions of...

Section 2835. - 2835. No person shall advertise or hold himself out as...

Section 2835.5. - 2835.5. On and after January 1, 2008, an applicant for...

Section 2835.7. - 2835.7. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in addition...

Section 2836. - 2836. (a) The board shall establish categories of nurse practitioners...

Section 2836.1. - 2836.1. Neither this chapter nor any other provision of law...

Section 2836.2. - 2836.2. Furnishing or ordering of drugs or devices by nurse...

Section 2836.3. - 2836.3. (a) The furnishing of drugs or devices by nurse...

Section 2836.4. - 2836.4. Neither this chapter nor any other provision of law...

Section 2837. - 2837. Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit...

ARTICLE 8.5 - Advanced Practice Registered Nurses

Section 2837.100. - 2837.100. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

Section 2837.101. - 2837.101. For purposes of this article, the following terms have...

Section 2837.102. - 2837.102. (a) The board shall establish a Nurse Practitioner Advisory...

Section 2837.103. - 2837.103. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, a nurse practitioner...

Section 2837.103.5. - 2837.103.5. (a) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section...

Section 2837.104. - 2837.104. (a) Beginning January 1, 2023, notwithstanding any other law,...

Section 2837.105. - 2837.105. (a) (1) The board shall request the department’s Office...

ARTICLE 9 - Clinical Nurse Specialists

Section 2838. - 2838. No person shall advertise or hold himself or herself...

Section 2838.1. - 2838.1. (a) On and after July 1, 1998, any registered...

Section 2838.2. - 2838.2. (a) A clinical nurse specialist is a registered nurse...

Section 2838.3. - 2838.3. This article shall become operative on July 1, 1998....

Section 2838.4. - 2838.4. Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit,...