ARTICLE 2. Scope of Regulation
Article 2 added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 807.
§§ 2725–2742 · 27 sections
- § 2725 (a) In amending this section at the 1973–74 session, the Legislature recognizes that nursing is a dynamic field, the practice of which is continually evolving…
- § 2725.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a registered nurse may dispense drugs or devices upon an order by a licensed physician and surgeon or an order…
- § 2725.2 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a registered nurse may dispense self-administered hormonal contraceptives approved by the federal Food and Drug…
- § 2725.3 (a) A health facility licensed pursuant to subdivision (a), (b), or (f), of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code shall not assign unlicensed personnel to…
- § 2725.4 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the following shall apply: (a) In order to perform an abortion by aspiration techniques pursuant to…
- § 2725.5 “Advanced practice registered nurse” means those licensed registered nurses who have met the requirements of Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 2746),…
- § 2726 Except as otherwise provided herein, this chapter confers no authority to practice medicine or surgery.
- § 2727 This chapter does not prohibit: (a) Gratuitous nursing of the sick by friends or members of the family. (b) Incidental care of the sick by domestic workers or…
- § 2727.5 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…
- § 2728 If adequate medical and nursing supervision by a professional nurse or nurses is provided, nursing service may be given by attendants, psychiatric technicians,…
- § 2728.5 Except for those provisions of law relating to directors of nursing services, nothing in this chapter or any other provision of law shall prevent the…
- § 2729 Nursing services may be rendered by a student when these services are incidental to the course of study of one of the following: (a) A student enrolled in a…
- § 2730 If he does not represent or hold himself out as a professional nurse licensed to practice in this State and if he has an engagement, made in another State or…
- § 2731 This chapter does not prohibit nursing or the care of the sick, with or without compensation or personal profit, when done by the adherents of and in…
- § 2732 No person shall engage in the practice of nursing, as defined in Section 2725, without holding a license that is in an active status issued under this chapter…
- § 2732.05 (a) Every employer of a registered nurse, every employer of a registered nurse required to hold any board-issued certification, and every person acting as an…
- § 2732.1 (a) An applicant for license by examination shall submit a written application in the form prescribed by the board. Upon approval of the application, the board…
- § 2733 (a) (1) (A) Upon approval of an application filed pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 2732.1, and upon the payment of the fee prescribed by subdivision (k)…
- § 2734 Upon application in writing to the board and payment of the biennial renewal fee, a licensee may have their license placed in an inactive status for an…
- § 2736 (a) An applicant for licensure as a registered nurse shall comply with each of the following: (1) Have completed general preliminary education requirements as…
- § 2736.1 (a) The course of instruction for an applicant who matriculates on or after September 1, 1985, shall include training in the detection and treatment of alcohol…
- § 2736.5 (a) (1) The board shall adopt regulations to require that, on and after January 1, 2022, all continuing education courses for licensees under this chapter…
- § 2736.6 The board shall determine by regulation the additional preparation in nursing, in a school approved by the board, which is required for a vocational nurse,…
- § 2737 An applicant for a license authorizing him to practice nursing in this State under this chapter, upon the filing of his application shall pay the fee required…
- § 2740 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…
- § 2741 An application for reexamination shall be accompanied by the fees prescribed by this chapter.
- § 2742 The board shall issue a license to each applicant who passes the examination and meets all other licensing requirements. The form of the license shall be…