ARTICLE 2. Scope of Regulation [2859. - 2873.6.]
Article 2 added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1689.
§§ 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…