{"code":"EDC","codeName":"Education Code","section":"66055.8","citation":"Ed. Code, § 66055.8","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION [66000. - 101460.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-3"},{"name":"DIVISION 5. GENERAL PROVISIONS [66000. - 70115.2.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-3/division-5"},{"name":"PART 40. DONAHOE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT [66000. - 67400.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-3/division-5/part-40"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. General Provisions [66010. - 66093.4.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-3/division-5/part-40/chapter-2"},{"name":"ARTICLE 5.5. Nursing Programs [66055. - 66055.9.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-3/division-5/part-40/chapter-2/article-5.5"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 175, Sec. 1.   Effective January 1, 2009.","effective":"2009-01-01","html":"<p>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a campus of the California State University or the California Community Colleges that operates a registered nursing program shall not require a student who has been admitted to that registered nursing program and who has already earned a baccalaureate or higher degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education to undertake any coursework other than the coursework that is unique and exclusively required to earn a nursing degree from that institution.</p>","text":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a campus of the California State University or the California Community Colleges that operates a registered nursing program shall not require a student who has been admitted to that registered nursing program and who has already earned a baccalaureate or higher degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education to undertake any coursework other than the coursework that is unique and exclusively required to earn a nursing degree from that institution.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/nursing-programs-66055-8","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}