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CHAPTER 5. Health Professions Education Programs

Heading of Chapter 5 amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 159.

§§ 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,…