CHAPTER 6.5. Vocational Nursing [2840. - 2895.5.]
Chapter 6.5 added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1689.
§§ 2840–2895.5 · 84 sections
ARTICLE 1. Administration §§ 2840–2858 · 22 sections
- § 2840 This chapter of the Business and Professions Code constitutes the chapter on vocational nursing and may be cited as the Vocational Nursing Practice Act.
- § 2840.5 (a) The Legislature hereby declares the practice of licensed vocational nursing to be a profession. (b) This section shall not be construed to affect the laws…
- § 2841 (a) There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs a Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians of the State of California, which consists of 11…
- § 2841.1 Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians of the State of California in exercising…
- § 2841.2 Notwithstanding any other law, the repeal of Section 2841 renders the successor entity to the board in Section 2841 subject to review by the appropriate policy…
- § 2841.3 If the board is made inoperative or is repealed, the director may, until December 31, 2024, assume the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and…
- § 2842 (a) Each member of the board shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State of California. The board shall have the following composition:…
- § 2843 Members of the board shall be appointed for a term of four years. Vacancies occurring shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term. Appointments to…
- § 2845 The Governor has the power to remove any member of the board from office for neglect of any duty required by law, or for incompetency, or unprofessional or…
- § 2846 The board at its first meeting after appointment, and biennially thereafter at its first meeting in every second year, shall elect from its members a…
- § 2847.1 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (f), the board shall select an executive officer who shall perform duties as are delegated by the board and who shall be…
- § 2847.6 The board shall submit written reports to the director and the Legislature no later than April 1, 2018, July 1, 2018, October 1, 2018, January 1, 2019, July 1,…
- § 2848 The board for the purpose of transacting its business shall meet at least twice each year, at times and places it designates by resolution.
- § 2849 Special meetings may be held at such times as the board may elect, or on the call of the president of the board, or of not less than five members thereof. A…
- § 2850 Meetings may be held at any time and place by the written consent of all members of the board.
- § 2851 Six members of the board constitute a quorum for transaction of business at any meeting.
- § 2852 The board shall keep a record of all its proceedings, including a register of all applicants for licenses under this chapter and the action of the board upon…
- § 2853 The office of the board shall be in the City of Sacramento. Suboffices may be established in Los Angeles and San Francisco and such records as may be necessary…
- § 2854 The board shall prosecute all persons guilty of violating the provisions of this chapter. It may employ such clerical assistance as it may deem necessary to…
- § 2855 Each member of the board shall receive a per diem and expenses as provided in Section 103.
- § 2857 The board shall issue a license designated as a vocational nurse license.
- § 2858 The board shall accept in payment of any fee required by this chapter cash or any customary or generally accepted medium of exchange, including check,…
ARTICLE 2. Scope of Regulation §§ 2859–2873.6 · 24 sections
- § 2859 (a) The practice of vocational nursing within the meaning of this chapter is the performance of services requiring those technical, manual skills acquired by…
- § 2859.1 (a) For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (1) “Naturopathic doctor” means a person who holds a current, active, and unrestricted…
- § 2860 (a) This chapter confers no authority to practice medicine or surgery, to provide respiratory care services and treatment, or to undertake the prevention,…
- § 2860.5 (a) Subject to subdivision (b), a licensed vocational nurse when directed by a licensed physician and surgeon or naturopathic doctor may do all of the…
- § 2860.7 (a) (1) A licensed vocational nurse, acting under the direction of a licensed physician and surgeon or naturopathic doctor may perform any of the following:…
- § 2861 This chapter does not prohibit the performance of nursing services by any person not licensed under this chapter; provided, that such person shall not in any…
- § 2861.5 A person licensed under this chapter who in good faith renders emergency care at the scene of an emergency which occurs outside both the place and the course…
- § 2862 Vocational nursing services may be rendered by a student enrolled in an approved school of vocational nursing when these services are incidental to the…
- § 2863 This chapter does not prohibit vocational nursing or the care of the sick, with or without compensation or personal profit, when done by the adherents of and…
- § 2864 Every licensee under this chapter may be known as a licensed vocational nurse and may place the letters “L.V.N.” after the licensee’s name.
- § 2866 An applicant for a vocational nurse license shall comply with each of the following: (a) Be at least 17 years of age. (b) Have successfully completed at least…
- § 2867 An applicant for a license authorizing the practice of vocational nursing in this state under this chapter, upon the filing of an application for a vocational…
- § 2867.5 Every person to whom a license is issued shall, as a condition precedent to its issuance and in addition to any other fee that may be payable, pay the initial…
- § 2867.6 After receiving the results of having passed the examination and upon receipt of the initial license fee required by subdivision (h) of Section 2895, the board…
- § 2868 The board shall hold not less than two examinations each year for applicants desirous of practicing vocational nursing in this State, at such times and places…
- § 2870 Examinations shall be written, but in the discretion of the board may be supplemented by an oral or practical examination in such subjects as the board…
- § 2871 Any applicant who fails to pass the first examination may take a second examination upon payment of the fee required by this chapter.
- § 2872 The board shall issue a license to each applicant who passes the examination. The form of the license shall be determined in accordance with Section 164.
- § 2872.1 The board upon written application and receipt of the required application fee may issue a license without examination to any applicant who possesses a valid,…
- § 2872.2 (a) An applicant for license by examination shall submit a written application in the form prescribed by the board. (b) If the application for licensure by…
- § 2872.3 (a) Applicants and licensees shall provide the board a physical mailing address. (b) Applicants and licensees shall provide the board an electronic mail…
- § 2873 Any person possessing either the education or the experience, or any combination of both the education and the experience, equivalent to that acquired in an…
- § 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…
- § 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…
ARTICLE 3. Disciplinary Proceedings §§ 2875–2879 · 12 sections
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 2878.2 The board shall share all complaints and information related to investigations involving respiratory care services, as described in Chapter 8.3 (commencing…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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,…
- § 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…
- § 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…
ARTICLE 4. Vocational Nursing Schools §§ 2880–2884 · 8 sections
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
ARTICLE 5. Penal Provisions §§ 2885–2887 · 3 sections
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
ARTICLE 6. Revenue §§ 2890–2895.5 · 15 sections
- § 2890 The Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury.
- § 2892 Licenses issued under this chapter prior to January 1, 1974, shall, unless renewed, expire on the last day of the month following the month in 1974 in which…
- § 2892.1 Except as provided in Sections 2892.3 and 2892.5, an expired license may be renewed at any time within four years after its expiration upon filing of an…
- § 2892.2 A suspended license is subject to expiration and shall be renewed as provided in this article, but such renewal does not entitle the licensee, while the…
- § 2892.3 A revoked license is subject to expiration as provided in this article, but it may not be renewed. If it is reinstated after its expiration, the licensee, as a…
- § 2892.4 A license which is not renewed within four years after its expiration may not be renewed, restored, reissued, or reinstated thereafter, but the holder of the…
- § 2892.5 (a) Each person renewing a license under the provisions of this chapter shall submit proof satisfactory to the board that, during the preceding two-year…
- § 2892.6 The board shall collect an initial approval fee and a biennial renewal fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) unless a higher fee, not to exceed two hundred…
- § 2892.7 The board shall collect an initial approval and a biennial renewal fee in the amount of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) unless a higher fee, not to exceed two…
- § 2892.8 (a) The board, upon application and payment of the fee established pursuant to subdivision (h), shall issue a retired license to a licensee if the licensee…
- § 2893 At least once in every calendar month, the board shall furnish the Controller a detailed statement of all moneys collected by the board under this chapter or…
- § 2894 (a) All money in the Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians Fund shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to carry out this chapter,…
- § 2895 The amount of the fees prescribed by this chapter in connection with the issuance of licenses under its provisions shall be according to the following…
- § 2895.1 Notwithstanding any other law, an applicant for license renewal who receives the license after payment by a check or money order that is subsequently returned…
- § 2895.5 As provided in subdivision (d) of Section 2895, the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians shall collect an additional five dollar ($5)…