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CA Bus & Prof Code § 2770.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6 - Nursing|ARTICLE 3.1 - Intervention Program|Section 2770.1.

2770.1.  As used in this article:(a) “Board” means the Board of Registered Nursing.(b) “Committee” means an intervention evaluation committee created by this article.(c) “Program manager” means the staff manager of the intervention program, as designated by the executive officer of the board. The program manager shall have background experience in dealing with substance abuse issues.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 426, Sec. 23. (SB 800) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2770.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6 - Nursing|ARTICLE 3.1 - Intervention Program|Section 2770.2.

2770.2.  (a) One or more intervention evaluation committees is hereby created in the state to be established by the board. Each committee shall be composed of five persons appointed by the board. No board member shall serve on any committee.(b) Each committee shall have the following composition:(1) Three registered nurses, holding active California licenses, who have demonstrated expertise in the field of chemical dependency or psychiatric nursing.(2) One physician, holding an active California license, who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of addictive diseases or mental illness.(3) One public member who is knowledgeable in the field of chemical dependency or mental illness.(c) It shall require a majority vote of the board to appoint a person to a committee. Each appointment shall be at the pleasure of the board for a term not to exceed four years. In its discretion the board may stagger the terms of the initial members appointed.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 426, Sec. 24. (SB 800) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2770.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6 - Nursing|ARTICLE 3.1 - Intervention Program|Section 2770.3.

2770.3.  Each member of a committee shall receive per diem and expenses as provided in Section 103.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 865, Sec. 1.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2770.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6 - Nursing|ARTICLE 3.1 - Intervention Program|Section 2770.4.

2770.4.  Three members of a committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting. Any action requires a majority vote of the committee.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 865, Sec. 1.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2770.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6 - Nursing|ARTICLE 3.1 - Intervention Program|Section 2770.5.

2770.5.  Each committee shall elect from its membership a chairperson and a vice chairperson.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 865, Sec. 1.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2770.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6 - Nursing|ARTICLE 3.1 - Intervention Program|Section 2770.6.

2770.6.  The board shall administer the provisions of this article.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 865, Sec. 1.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2770.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6 - Nursing|ARTICLE 3.1 - Intervention Program|Section 2770.7.

2770.7.  (a) The board shall establish criteria for the acceptance, denial, or termination of registered nurses in the intervention program. Only those registered nurses who have voluntarily requested to participate in the intervention program shall participate in the program.(b) A registered nurse under current investigation by the board may request entry into the intervention program by contacting the board. Prior to authorizing a registered nurse to enter into the intervention program, the board may require the registered nurse under current investigation for any violations of this chapter or any other provision of this code to execute a statement of understanding that states that the registered nurse understands that his or her violations that would otherwise be the basis for discipline may still be investigated and may be the subject of disciplinary action in accordance with this section. (c) (1) Neither acceptance nor participation in the intervention program shall preclude the board from investigating or continuing to investigate, or, except as provided in this subdivision, taking disciplinary action or continuing to take disciplinary action against, any registered nurse for any unprofessional conduct committed before, during, or after participation in the intervention program.(2) The board may investigate at its discretion complaints against registered nurses participating in the intervention program.(3) Disciplinary action with regard to acts committed before or during participation in the intervention program shall not take place unless the registered nurse withdraws or is terminated from the program.(d) All registered nurses shall sign an agreement of understanding that the withdrawal or termination from the intervention program at a time when the program manager or intervention evaluation committee determines the licentiate presents a threat to the public’s health and safety shall result in the utilization by the board of intervention program treatment records in disciplinary or criminal proceedings.(e) Any registered nurse terminated from the intervention program for failure to comply with program requirements is subject to disciplinary action by the board for acts committed before, during, and after participation in the intervention program. A registered nurse who has been under investigation by the board and has been terminated from the intervention program by an intervention evaluation committee shall be reported by the intervention evaluation committee to the board.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 520, Sec. 6. (SB 799) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2770.8 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6 - Nursing|ARTICLE 3.1 - Intervention Program|Section 2770.8.

2770.8.  A committee created under this article operates under the direction of the intervention program manager. The program manager has the primary responsibility to review and evaluate recommendations of the committee. Each committee shall have the following duties and responsibilities:(a) To evaluate those registered nurses who request participation in the program according to the guidelines prescribed by the board, and to make recommendations.(b) To review and designate those treatment services to which registered nurses in an intervention program may be referred.(c) To receive and review information concerning a registered nurse participating in the program.(d) To consider in the case of each registered nurse participating in a program whether he or she may with safety continue or resume the practice of nursing.(e) To call meetings as necessary to consider the requests of registered nurses to participate in an intervention program, and to consider reports regarding registered nurses participating in a program.(f) To make recommendations to the program manager regarding the terms and conditions of the intervention agreement for each registered nurse participating in the program, including treatment, supervision, and monitoring requirements.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 426, Sec. 26. (SB 800) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2770.9 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6 - Nursing|ARTICLE 3.1 - Intervention Program|Section 2770.9.

2770.9.  The committee shall inform each registered nurse who requests participation in a program of the procedures followed in the program, of the rights and responsibilities of the registered nurse in the program, and of the possible results of noncompliance with the program.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 865, Sec. 1.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2770.10 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6 - Nursing|ARTICLE 3.1 - Intervention Program|Section 2770.10.

2770.10.  Notwithstanding Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to public meetings, a committee may convene in closed session to consider reports pertaining to any registered nurse requesting or participating in an intervention program. A committee shall only convene in closed session to the extent that it is necessary to protect the privacy of such a licentiate.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 426, Sec. 27. (SB 800) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2770.11 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6 - Nursing|ARTICLE 3.1 - Intervention Program|Section 2770.11.

2770.11.  (a) Each registered nurse who requests participation in an intervention program shall agree to cooperate with the rehabilitation program designed by the committee and approved by the program manager. Any failure to comply with a rehabilitation program may result in termination of the registered nurse’s participation in a program. The name and license number of a registered nurse who is terminated for any reason, other than successful completion, shall be reported to the board’s enforcement program.(b) If the program manager determines that a registered nurse, who is denied admission into the program or terminated from the program, presents a threat to the public or his or her own health and safety, the program manager shall report the name and license number, along with a copy of all intervention program records for that registered nurse, to the board’s enforcement program. The board may use any of the records it receives under this subdivision in any disciplinary proceeding.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 426, Sec. 28. (SB 800) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2770.12 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6 - Nursing|ARTICLE 3.1 - Intervention Program|Section 2770.12.

2770.12.  (a) After the committee and the program manager in their discretion have determined that a registered nurse has successfully completed the intervention program, all records pertaining to the registered nurse’s participation in the intervention program shall be purged.(b) All board and committee records and records of a proceeding pertaining to the participation of a registered nurse in the intervention program shall be kept confidential and are not subject to discovery or subpoena, except as specified in subdivision (b) of Section 2770.11 and subdivision (c).(c) A registered nurse shall be deemed to have waived any rights granted by any laws and regulations relating to confidentiality of the intervention program, if he or she does any of the following:(1) Presents information relating to any aspect of the intervention program during any stage of the disciplinary process subsequent to the filing of an accusation, statement of issues, or petition to compel an examination pursuant to Article 12.5 (commencing with Section 820) of Chapter 1. The waiver shall be limited to information necessary to verify or refute any information disclosed by the registered nurse.(2) Files a lawsuit against the board relating to any aspect of the intervention program.(3) Claims in defense to a disciplinary action, based on a complaint that led to the registered nurse’s participation in the intervention program, that he or she was prejudiced by the length of time that passed between the alleged violation and the filing of the accusation. The waiver shall be limited to information necessary to document the length of time the registered nurse participated in the intervention program.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 426, Sec. 29. (SB 800) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2770.13 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6 - Nursing|ARTICLE 3.1 - Intervention Program|Section 2770.13.

2770.13.  The board shall provide for the legal representation of any person making reports under this article to a committee or the board in any action for defamation directly resulting from those reports regarding a registered nurse’s participation in an intervention program.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 426, Sec. 30. (SB 800) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2770.14 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6 - Nursing|ARTICLE 3.1 - Intervention Program|Section 2770.14.

2770.14.  (a) The board shall produce reports which include, but are not limited to, information concerning the number of cases accepted, denied, or terminated with compliance or noncompliance.(b) The board shall conduct a periodic cost analysis of the program.(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 655, Sec. 41. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2775 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6 - Nursing|ARTICLE 3.5 - Nursing Corporations|Section 2775.

2775.  A nursing corporation is a corporation which is authorized to render professional services, as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations Code, so long as that corporation and its shareholders, officers, directors, and employees rendering professional services who are registered nurses are in compliance with the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act, the provisions of this article and all other statutes and regulations now or hereafter enacted or adopted pertaining to such corporation and the conduct of its affairs.With respect to a nursing corporation, the governmental agency referred to in the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act is the Board of Registered Nursing.(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 621, Sec. 2.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2776 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6 - Nursing|ARTICLE 3.5 - Nursing Corporations|Section 2776.

2776.  It shall constitute unprofessional conduct and a violation of this chapter for any person licensed under this chapter to violate, attempt to violate, directly or indirectly, or assist in or abet the violation of, or conspire to violate any provision or term of this article, the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act, or any regulations duly adopted under those laws.(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 621, Sec. 2.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2777 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6 - Nursing|ARTICLE 3.5 - Nursing Corporations|Section 2777.

2777.  A nursing corporation shall not do or fail to do any act the doing of which or the failure to do which would constitute unprofessional conduct under any statute or regulation, now or hereafter in effect. In the conduct of its practice, it shall observe and be bound by such statutes and regulations to the same extent as a person holding a license under this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 621, Sec. 2.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2778 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6 - Nursing|ARTICLE 3.5 - Nursing Corporations|Section 2778.

2778.  The name of a nursing corporation and any name or names under which it may render professional services shall contain the words “nursing” or “registered nursing,” and wording or abbreviations denoting corporate existence.(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 621, Sec. 2.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2779 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6 - Nursing|ARTICLE 3.5 - Nursing Corporations|Section 2779.

2779.  Except as provided in Sections 13401.5 and 13403 of the Corporations Code, each shareholder, director and officer of a nursing corporation, except an assistant secretary and an assistant treasurer, shall be a licensed person as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations Code.(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 621, Sec. 2.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2780 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6 - Nursing|ARTICLE 3.5 - Nursing Corporations|Section 2780.

2780.  The income of a nursing corporation attributable to professional services rendered while a shareholder is a disqualified person, as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations Code, shall not in any manner accrue to the benefit of such shareholder or his or her shares in the nursing corporation.(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 621, Sec. 2.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2781 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6 - Nursing|ARTICLE 3.5 - Nursing Corporations|Section 2781.

2781.  The board may adopt and enforce regulations to carry out the purposes and objectives of this article, including regulations requiring (a) that the bylaws of a nursing corporation shall include a provision whereby the capital stock of such corporation owned by a disqualified person (as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations Code), or a deceased person, shall be sold to the corporation or to the remaining shareholders of such corporation within such time as such regulations may provide, and (b) that a nursing corporation shall provide adequate security by insurance or otherwise for claims against it by its patients arising out of the rendering of professional services.(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 621, Sec. 2.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2785 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6 - Nursing|ARTICLE 4 - Nursing Schools|Section 2785.

2785.  The board shall prepare and maintain a list of approved schools of nursing in this state whose graduates, if they have the other necessary qualifications provided in this chapter, shall be eligible to apply for a license to practice nursing in this state.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 742, Sec. 5.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2785.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6 - Nursing|ARTICLE 4 - Nursing Schools|Section 2785.5.

2785.5.  The board shall establish a workgroup, or use an existing committee, to encourage and facilitate efficient transfer agreements or other enrollment models between associate degree nursing programs and baccalaureate degree nursing programs so students are able to complete the baccalaureate program without unnecessary repetition of coursework.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 271, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2786.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6 - Nursing|ARTICLE 4 - Nursing Schools|Section 2786.1.

2786.1.  (a) The board shall deny the application for approval made by, and shall revoke the approval given to, any school of nursing that does not give student applicants credit in the field of nursing for military education and experience by the use of challenge examinations or other methods of evaluation.(b) The board shall adopt regulations by January 1, 2017, requiring schools to have a process to evaluate and grant credit for military education and experience. The regulations shall be adopted pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code). The word “credit,” as used in this subdivision, is limited to credit for licensure only. The board is not authorized to prescribe the credit that an approved school of nursing shall give toward an academic certificate or degree.(c) The board shall review a school’s policies and practices regarding granting credit for military education and experience at least once every five years to ensure consistency in evaluation and application across schools. The board shall post on its Internet Web site information related to the acceptance of military coursework and experience at each approved school.(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 489, Sec. 6. (SB 466) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2786.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6 - Nursing|ARTICLE 4 - Nursing Schools|Section 2786.2.

2786.2.  A private postsecondary school of nursing approved by the board pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 2786 shall comply with Chapter 8 of Part 59 of Division 10 of Title 3 of the Education Code. The board shall have a memorandum of understanding with the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education to delineate the powers of the board to review and approve schools of nursing and the powers of the bureau to protect the interest of students attending institutions governed by the California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009, Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 94800) of Division 10 of Title 3 of the Education Code.(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 789, Sec. 4. (SB 122) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2786.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6 - Nursing|ARTICLE 4 - Nursing Schools|Section 2786.5.

2786.5.  (a) An institution of higher education or a private postsecondary school of nursing approved by the board pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 2786 shall remit to the board for deposit in the Board of Registered Nursing Fund the following fees, in accordance with the following schedule:(1) The fee for approval of a school of nursing shall be fixed by the board at not less than forty thousand dollars ($40,000) nor more than eighty thousand dollars ($80,000).(2) The fee for continuing approval of a nursing program established after January 1, 2013, shall be fixed by the board at not less than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) nor more than thirty thousand dollars ($30,000).(3) The processing fee for authorization of a substantive change to an approval of a school of nursing shall be fixed by the board at not less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).(b) If the board determines that the annual cost of providing oversight and review of a school of nursing, as required by this article, is less than the amount of any fees required to be paid by that institution pursuant to this article, the board may decrease the fees applicable to that institution to an amount that is proportional to the board’s costs associated with that institution.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 799, Sec. 14. (SB 1039) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2786.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 6 - Nursing|ARTICLE 4 - Nursing Schools|Section 2786.6.

2786.6.  The board shall deny the application for approval made by, and shall revoke the approval given to, any school of nursing which:(a) Does not give to student applicants credit, in the field of nursing, for previous education and the opportunity to obtain credit for other acquired knowledge by the use of challenge examinations or other methods of evaluation; or, (b) Is operated by a community college and discriminates against an applicant for admission to a school solely on the grounds that the applicant is seeking to fulfill the units of nursing required by Section 2736.6.The board shall prescribe, by regulation, the education for which credit is to be given and the amount of credit which is to be given for each type of education. The word “credit,” as used in the preceding sentence, is limited to credit for licensure only. The board is not authorized to prescribe the credit which an approved school of nursing shall give toward an academic certificate or degree.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 742, Sec. 8.)