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PART 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT [127775. - 128572.]

Part 3 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 9.

§§ 127775–128572 · 95 sections

  1. CHAPTER 1. Health Professions Planning §§ 127775–127778 · 3 sections
    1. ARTICLE 2. Nursing Clinical Placements §§ 127775–127778 · 3 sections
      • § 127775 As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Approved school of nursing or approved nursing program” has the same meaning as…
      • § 127776 (a) A health facility or clinic, upon the written request of a California community college or California State University with an approved school of nursing…
      • § 127778 This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2032, and as of that date is repealed.
  2. CHAPTER 1.5. Behavioral Health Grants § 127825 · 1 section
    • § 127825 (a) As a component of the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, established pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 5961) of Part 7 of…
  3. CHAPTER 2. Personnel Recruitment and Education §§ 127875–128052 · 22 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. Health Professions Careers Opportunity Program §§ 127875–127885 · 3 sections
      • § 127875 The Legislature finds and declares that California has an insufficient number of minority health professionals to meet the health care needs in the state.…
      • § 127880 It is the intent of the Legislature to maintain a Health Professions Career Opportunity Program designed to: (a) Increase the number of ethnic minorities in…
      • § 127885 (a) The department shall maintain a Health Professions Career Opportunity Program that shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (1)…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Health Promotion Education Programs for Allied Health Professionals § 127900 · 1 section
      • § 127900 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that evidence exists to support the development of health promotion and health-risk reduction programs as an effective…
    3. ARTICLE 2.75. National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment Program § 127940 · 1 section
      • § 127940 (a) In administering the National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment Program in accordance with Section 254q-1 of Title 42 of the United States Code and…
    4. ARTICLE 3. Nursing Education Scholarships §§ 127975–128020 · 10 sections
      • § 127975 Recognizing that there is a shortage in supply of registered nurses, and that if the number of nursing students is to be materially increased to meet the…
      • § 127980 There shall be available at least 10 scholarships per year. The scholarships shall be available to any registered nurse who is enrolled in one of the following…
      • § 127985 A person shall not be awarded a scholarship under subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 127980 unless: (a) They are a resident of California. (b) They are licensed…
      • § 127990 No person shall be awarded a scholarship under subdivision (c) of Section 127980 unless he or she satisfies the requirements prescribed by subdivisions (a),…
      • § 127995 The department shall administer the program of nursing education scholarships and shall for this purpose, adopt regulations as it determines are necessary to…
      • § 128000 Applications for scholarships shall be made to the department, upon forms provided by it, at the times and in the manner prescribed by the regulations adopted…
      • § 128005 The department shall award the scholarships to the applicants that it determines are best fitted to undertake the educational program for which the…
      • § 128010 Scholarships shall be awarded without regard to race, religion, creed, or sex.
      • § 128015 Each scholarship under this article is for the period of no more than one academic year, and the award shall be: (a) For a person qualifying under subdivision…
      • § 128020 A scholarship shall remain in effect only during the period, as determined by the department, that the person receiving the award achieves satisfactory…
    5. ARTICLE 4. Health Professions Planning Grants §§ 128025–128040 · 4 sections
      • § 128025 For the purpose of this article, “innovative programs of education in the health professions” means programs for the development of physicians and surgeons,…
      • § 128030 The department, in cooperation with the California Postsecondary Education Commission, shall administer the program established pursuant to this article and…
      • § 128035 The department is authorized to make grants, from funds appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose, to assist organizations in meeting the cost of…
      • § 128040 (a) The Department of Health Care Access and Information shall report to the Legislature on or before June 30, 2002, on the feasibility of establishing a…
    6. ARTICLE 5. Health Care Workforce Research and Data Center §§ 128050–128052 · 3 sections
      • § 128050 The Department of Health Care Access and Information shall establish a health care workforce research and data center to serve as the central source of health…
      • § 128051 The Department of Health Care Access and Information shall work with the Employment Development Department’s Labor Market Information Division, state licensing…
      • § 128052 The Department of Health Care Access and Information shall prepare an annual report to the Legislature that does all of the following: (a) Identifies education…
  4. CHAPTER 3. Professional Practice Development §§ 128125–128195 · 15 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. Health Workforce Pilot Projects §§ 128125–128195 · 15 sections
      • § 128125 The Legislature finds that there is a need to improve the effectiveness of health care delivery systems. One way of accomplishing that objective is to utilize…
      • § 128130 For the purposes of this article: (a) “Department” means the Department of Health Care Access and Information. (b) “Approved project” means an educational or…
      • § 128135 The department may designate experimental health workforce projects as approved projects where the projects are sponsored by community hospitals or clinics,…
      • § 128140 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a trainee in an approved project may perform health care services under the supervision of a supervisor where the…
      • § 128145 A trainee and his or her supervisor shall be held to the standard of care of, and shall be afforded the same immunities as, an individual otherwise legally…
      • § 128150 Any patient being seen or treated by a trainee shall be apprised of that fact and shall be given the opportunity to refuse treatment. Consent to the treatment…
      • § 128155 The department, after one or more public hearings thereon, shall establish minimum standards, guidelines, and instructions for pilot projects. Advance notice…
      • § 128160 (a) Pilot projects may be approved in the following fields: (1) Expanded role medical auxiliaries. (2) Expanded role nursing. (3) Expanded role dental…
      • § 128165 The department shall carry out periodic onsite visitations of each approved project and shall evaluate each project to determine the following: (a) The new…
      • § 128170 The department shall approve a sufficient number of projects to provide a basis for testing the validity of the experiment.
      • § 128175 The department shall seek the advice of appropriate professional societies and appropriate healing arts licensing boards prior to designating approved…
      • § 128180 The department shall not approve a project for a period lasting more than two training cycles plus a preceptorship of more than 24 months, unless the…
      • § 128185 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Health Manpower Pilot Project No. 152 was approved in 1988 to respond to a shortage of…
      • § 128190 The department may extend the geriatric technician pilot project, known as the Health Manpower Pilot Project No. 152, for a minimum of four additional years,…
      • § 128195 (a) The department shall issue followup reports on geriatric technician pilot projects approved by the department following 24 months of implementation of the…
  5. CHAPTER 4. Health Care Workforce Training Programs §§ 128200–128300 · 14 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. Song-Brown Health Care Workforce Training Act §§ 128200–128235 · 5 sections
      • § 128200 (a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the Song-Brown Health Care Workforce Training Act. (b) (1) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that…
      • § 128205 As used in this article, and Article 2 (commencing with Section 128250), the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Family physician” means a…
      • § 128210 There is hereby created a state medical contract program with accredited medical schools, hospitals and other health care delivery systems, teaching health…
      • § 128230 When funding primary care and family medicine programs or departments, primary care and family medicine residencies, and programs for the training of…
      • § 128235 Pursuant to this article and Article 2 (commencing with Section 128250), the Director of the Department of Health Care Access and Information shall do all of…
    2. ARTICLE 2. California Health Workforce Education and Training Council §§ 128250–128252 · 3 sections
      • § 128250 (a) The terms used in this article have the same meaning as in Section 128205. (b) There is hereby created a California Health Workforce Education and Training…
      • § 128251 The members of the council, other than state employees, shall receive compensation of twenty-five dollars ($25) for each day’s attendance at a council meeting,…
      • § 128252 (a) The council shall have the powers and authority necessary to carry out the duties imposed upon it by this chapter, including, but not limited to, the…
    3. ARTICLE 4. Midwifery Workforce Training Act §§ 128295–128300 · 6 sections
      • § 128295 This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Midwifery Workforce Training Act.
      • § 128296 The Legislature finds and declares that maternity care providers are in short supply and maldistributed around the state, resulting in what the March of Dimes…
      • § 128297 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Certified nurse-midwife” means an advanced practice nurse with training in midwifery, as…
      • § 128298 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide for a program designed primarily to increase the number of students receiving quality education and training…
      • § 128299 This article shall become operative on January 1, 2022.
      • § 128300 (a) Upon appropriation from the Legislature, the Department of Health Care Access and Information shall administer funding for a statewide study on midwifery…
  6. CHAPTER 5. Health Professions Education Programs §§ 128330–128572 · 40 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. Health Professions Education Programs §§ 128330–128371 · 10 sections
      • § 128330 As used in this article: (a) “Board” means the Board of Trustees of the Health Professions Education Foundation. (b) “Council” means the California Health…
      • § 128337 Notwithstanding any other law, on or before October 1, 2021, the nonprofit public benefit corporation known as the Health Professions Education Foundation…
      • § 128338 Effective with the dissolution of the Health Professions Education Foundation, any reference to the Health Professions Education Foundation, or the Foundation,…
      • § 128345 The department may do any of the following: (a) Solicit and receive funds from business, industry, foundations, and other private or public sources for the…
      • § 128350 The department shall do all of the following: (a) Provide technical and staff support to the programs in meeting all of its responsibilities. (b) Provide…
      • § 128355 There is hereby created within the department a Health Professions Education Fund. The primary purpose of this fund is to provide scholarships and loans to…
      • § 128360 (a) In administering this chapter, the department shall be exempt from the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3…
      • § 128365 Notwithstanding any other provision, applications for financial assistance under this article, or other documents that the department reasonably determines…
      • § 128370 Notwithstanding any other law, the department may exempt from public disclosure any document in the possession of the department that pertains to a donation…
      • § 128371 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the best interest of the State of California to provide persons who are not lawfully present in the United…
    2. ARTICLE 2. California Registered Nurse Education Program §§ 128375–128401 · 6 sections
      • § 128375 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that an adequate supply of professional nurses is critical to assuring the health and well-being of the citizens…
      • § 128380 It is the intent of the Legislature to accomplish the following: (a) Assure an adequate supply of appropriately trained professional nurses. (b) Encourage…
      • § 128385 (a) There is hereby created the Registered Nurse Education Program within the department. Persons participating in this program shall be persons who agree in…
      • § 128390 The funds made available pursuant to this article shall be used as specified in Article 14 (commencing with Section 69795) of Chapter 2 of Part 42 of the…
      • § 128400 There is hereby established in the State Treasury the Registered Nurse Education Fund. All money in the fund shall be used for the purposes specified in the…
      • § 128401 (a) The Department of Health Care Access and Information shall establish the statewide Associate Degree Nursing (A.D.N.) Scholarship Program. (b) Scholarships…
    3. ARTICLE 3.5. Licensed Mental Health Service Provider Education Program §§ 128454–128458 · 3 sections
      • § 128454 (a) There is hereby created the Licensed Mental Health Service Provider Education Program within the Department of Health Care Access and Information. (b) For…
      • § 128455 An account shall be created within the Mental Health Practitioner Education Fund and, upon appropriation by the Legislature, moneys in that account shall be…
      • § 128458 There is hereby established in the State Treasury the Mental Health Practitioner Education Fund. The moneys in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature,…
    4. ARTICLE 4. Vocational Nurse Education Program §§ 128475–128501 · 5 sections
      • § 128475 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that an adequate supply of professional vocational nurses is critical to assuring the health and well-being of…
      • § 128480 It is the intent of the Legislature to accomplish the following: (a) Assure an adequate supply of appropriately trained vocational nurses. (b) Encourage…
      • § 128485 There is hereby created the Vocational Nurse Education Program within the Department of Health Care Access and Information. Persons participating in this…
      • § 128500 There is hereby established in the State Treasury the Vocational Nurse Education Fund. All money in the fund shall be used for the purposes specified in the…
      • § 128501 This article shall become operative on July 1, 2004.
    5. ARTICLE 5. California Physician Corps Program §§ 128550–128558 · 7 sections
      • § 128550 (a) There is hereby established within the Department of Health Care Access and Information the California Physician Corps Program. (b) Commencing July 1,…
      • § 128551 It is the intent of this article that the department provide the ongoing program management of the two programs identified in subdivision (b) of Section 128550…
      • § 128552 For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Account” means the Medically Underserved Account for Physicians established within…
      • § 128553 (a) Program applicants shall possess a current valid license to practice medicine in this state issued pursuant to Section 2050 of the Business and Professions…
      • § 128555 (a) The Medically Underserved Account for Physicians is hereby established within the Health Professions Education Fund. The primary purpose of this account is…
      • § 128556 The terms of loan repayment granted under this article shall be established by the department.
      • § 128558 This article shall become operative on July 1, 2006.
    6. ARTICLE 6. California Reproductive Health Service Corps §§ 128560–128565 · 6 sections
      • § 128560 For purposes of this article: (a) “Corps” means the California Reproductive Health Service Corps established pursuant to Section 128561. (b) “Reproductive…
      • § 128561 For the purposes of recruiting, training, and retaining a diverse workforce of reproductive health care professionals who will be part of reproductive health…
      • § 128562 The corps shall do all of the following: (a) (1) Administer and oversee scholarships and stipends for new reproductive health students, loan repayment for…
      • § 128563 (a) The corps shall prioritize the selection of scholars from historically excluded populations and underserved areas, who reflect the patient populations they…
      • § 128564 (a) A scholar shall do all of the following: (1) Agree to complete abortion training as part of their health care education and to provide, or participate on a…
      • § 128565 (a) The department shall conduct an evaluation five years after implementation to assess the impact and effectiveness of the corps. The evaluation shall…
    7. ARTICLE 7. Nurse-Midwifery Education Program §§ 128570–128572 · 3 sections
      • § 128570 (a) The California Nurse-Midwifery Education Fund is hereby created within the Department of Health Care Access and Information for the purpose of establishing…
      • § 128571 (a) The department shall establish competitive application criteria to ensure the optimal sites selection for the education programs within the California…
      • § 128572 Any funds, public or private, received for the fund shall supplement, not supplant, any current or future funding to midwifery workforce education programs,…