Bill Text: CA AB178 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians of the State of California: executive officer.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Passed) 2015-10-02 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 429, Statutes of 2015. [AB178 Detail]
Download: California-2015-AB178-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 178 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 429
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE OCTOBER 2, 2015
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR OCTOBER 2, 2015
PASSED THE SENATE SEPTEMBER 2, 2015
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 3, 2015
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 31, 2015
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 24, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 4, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 22, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 3, 2015
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bonilla
(Principal coauthor: Senator Hill)
JANUARY 26, 2015
An act to amend Section 2847 of the Business and Professions Code,
relating to healing arts, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take
effect immediately.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 178, Bonilla. Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric
Technicians of the State of California: executive officer.
Existing law, the Vocational Nursing Practice Act and the
Psychiatric Technicians Law, provides for the licensure and
regulation of vocational nurses and psychiatric technicians by the
Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians of the State
of California and requires the board to, among other things, appoint
an executive officer, who is a licensed vocational nurse, registered
nurse, or psychiatric technician. Existing law repeals that
requirement on January 1, 2016.
This bill would remove the requirement that the executive officer
be a licensed vocational nurse, registered nurse, or psychiatric
technician.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 2847 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
2847. (a) The board shall select an executive officer who shall
perform duties as are delegated by the board and who shall be
responsible to it for the accomplishment of those duties. The
executive officer shall not be a member of the board.
(b) With the approval of the Director of Finance, the board shall
fix the salary of the executive officer.
(c) The executive officer shall be entitled to traveling and other
necessary expenses in the performance of his or her duties. He or
she shall make a statement, certified before a duly authorized
person, that the expenses have been actually incurred.
(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2016, and as of that date is repealed.
SEC. 2. This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
In order for the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric
Technicians of the State of California to meet urgent administrative
needs, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.
