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Education Code § 66055.8

ARTICLE 5.5. Nursing Programs

Current as of September 28, 2026Ed. Code, § 66055.8Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 175, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009.

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.