Bill Text: CA AB2183 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Nursing.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-23 - In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission. [AB2183 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB2183-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2183 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 29, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 7, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bocanegra
FEBRUARY 20, 2014
An act to amend Section Sections
2736 and 2786.6 of the Business and Professions Code,
relating to nursing.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2183, as amended, Bocanegra. Nursing.
Under the Nursing Practice Act, the Board of Registered Nursing
licenses and regulates registered nurses. Existing law requires an
applicant for licensure as a registered nurse to comply with certain
requirements, including successful completion of the courses of
instruction prescribed by the board in a program in this state
accredited by the board for training registered nurses, or successful
completion of courses of instruction in a school of nursing outside
of this state, if, in the opinion of the board, the courses of
instruction are equivalent to the minimum requirements of the board
for licensure in this state. Existing law authorizes the board to
issue a license without examination by endorsement to any applicant
who is licensed or registered as a nurse in any other state,
district, or territory of the United States or Canada, if specified
requirements are met, including the requirement that the applicant
have successfully completed an equivalent course of instruction as an
applicant in this state.
This bill would require the Board of Registered Nursing to adopt
specific criteria for determining the equivalency of course
of instruction when assessing the qualifications of an
out-of-state applicant who is filing for licensure by endorsement. In
adopting that criteria, the bill would require the board to place an
emphasis on licensed clinical experience.
Existing law requires the Board of Registered Nursing to approve
or disapprove schools of nursing, as prescribed. Existing law
requires the board to determine the required subjects of instruction
to be completed in an approved school of nursing. Existing law
requires the board to prescribe, by regulation, the education for
which credit is to be given to an applicant for licensure and the
amount of credit to be given to each type of education.
This bill would require the Board of Registered Nursing to include
in those regulations clinical or theoretical knowledge acquired
through any prior professional experience, such as through the
military or while licensed in any other health care field. The bill
would make other conforming changes to related provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 2736 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
2736. (a) An applicant for licensure as a registered nurse shall
comply with each of the following:
(1) Have completed such general preliminary education requirements
as shall be determined by the board.
(2) Have successfully completed the courses of instruction
prescribed by the board for licensure, in a program in this state
accredited by the board for training registered nurses, or have
successfully completed courses of instruction in a school of nursing
outside of this state which, in the opinion of the board at the time
the application is filed with the board, are equivalent to the
minimum requirements of the board for licensure established for an
accredited program in this state. The board shall adopt specific
criteria for determining the equivalency of course instruction when
assessing the qualifications of an applicant who is already licensed
or registered as a nurse outside of this state and who is filing for
licensure by endorsement pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section
2732.1. In adopting that criteria, the board shall place primary
emphasis on applicants who possess licensed clinical experience.
(3) Not be subject to denial of licensure under Section 480.
(b) An applicant who has received his or her training from a
school of nursing in a country outside the United States and who has
complied with the provisions of subdivision (a), or has completed
training equivalent to that required by subdivision (a), shall
qualify for licensure by successfully passing the examination
prescribed by the board.
SEC. 2. Section 2786.6 of the
Business and Professions Code is amended to read:
2786.6. (a) The board shall deny the
application for approval made by, and shall revoke the approval given
to, any school of nursing which: that does
either of the following:
(a)
(1) Does not give to student applicants
credit, in the field of nursing, for previous education and the
opportunity to obtain credit for other acquired
any clinical or theoretical knowledge acquired
through any prior professional experience by the use of
challenge examinations or other methods of evaluation; or,
evaluation.
(b)
(2) Is operated by a community college and
discriminates against an applicant for admission to a school solely
on the grounds that the applicant is seeking to fulfill the units of
nursing required by Section 2736.6.
The
(b) (1) The
board shall prescribe, by regulation, the education for which credit
is to be given and the amount of credit which
that is to be given for each type of education ,
including clinical or theoretical knowledge acquired
through any prior professional experience. In developing those
regulations, the board shall also consider any relevant
military education or experience, as well as any education or
experience obtained while licensed in any other health care field.
The board shall not delegate the authority to prescribe those
regulations to any approved school of nursing . The
(2) The word "credit," as used in
the preceding sentence paragraph (1) ,
is limited to credit for licensure only. The board is not authorized
to prescribe the credit which that an
approved school of nursing shall give toward an academic certificate
or degree.
