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California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 2 - Registration and Examination › Section 1411.1 - Examination of Applicants on Terminal Vacation. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. Amendment
				  filed 1-27-70; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 70, No. 5). For
				  prior history, see Register 66, No. 7.
2. Repealer filed 9-27-85;
				  effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No.
				  39).
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 2 - Registration and Examination › Section 1411.5 - Examination Procedure

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The examination for licensure as a registered nurse shall be
				  a written examination as determined by the board. The board may enter into a
				  contractual agreement for said examination with a public or private
				  organization.
1. New section
				  filed 1-27-70; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 70, No.
				  5).
2. Amendment filed 2-9-73; effective thirtieth day thereafter
				  (Register 73, No. 6).
3. Amendment filed 3-23-84; effective upon
				  filing pursuant to Government Code Section
				  11346.2(d)
				  (Register 84, No. 12).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2715,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 2738
					 and
					 2740,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 2 - Registration and Examination › Section 1411.6 - Examination Disclosure

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
An applicant who takes the examination shall not disclose the
				  contents of the written examination questions to anyone other than a person
				  authorized by the Board. No one except as authorized by the Board shall
				  solicit, accept, or compile information regarding the contents of written
				  examination questions, either before, during or after the administration of any
				  examination.
1. New section
				  filed 3-22-82; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 82, No.
				  13).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2715,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 2740,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 2 - Registration and Examination › Section 1412 - High School Education or the Equivalent

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
An applicant must meet the general preliminary education
				  requirement of a high school education in the United States or the equivalent.
				  Upon request of the Board, an applicant shall provide evidence of education
				  equivalent to completion of a high school course of study in the United States
				  by submitting one of the following:
(a) A high school diploma received from a
				U.S. high school.
(b) A General
				Education Development Certificate.
(c) A degree from any junior college, college
				or university accredited by a state agency authorized to accredit such
				institutions.
(d) An evaluation by
				a high school, unified school district, junior college, college, university or
				board of education which the board determines, after review, establishes that
				an education equivalent to a high school education in the United States was
				obtained in this or another state or in any foreign country.
1. Amendment
				  filed 1-27-70; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 70, No. 5). For
				  prior history, see Register 66, No. 7.
2. Amendment filed 3-16-77;
				  effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 77, No. 12).
3.
				  Amendment filed 9-27-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No.
				  39).
4. Amendment of subsection (b) filed 4-7-87; operative 5-7-87
				  (Register 87, No. 16).
5. Amendment filed 9-21-99; operative
				  10-21-99 (Register 99, No. 39).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2715,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 2736,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 2 - Registration and Examination › Section 1413 - English Comprehension

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
When the Board has reasonable doubt of an applicant's ability
				  to comprehend the English language to a degree sufficient to permit him to
				  discharge his duties as a Professional Nurse in this State with safety to the
				  public, the Board shall require him to pass an examination to demonstrate such
				  ability.
1. New section
				  filed 2-5-64; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 64, No. 3). For
				  history of former Section
				  1413 see Register 27, No.
				  5.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 2 - Registration and Examination › Section 1414 - Interim Permits

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) An
				applicant whose application for licensure in California by examination has been
				approved will be eligible for an interim permit if the applicant has completed
				the educational requirements for licensure in nursing. (If the applicant is
				taking the examination as a graduate, the interim permit may be issued upon
				graduation. If the applicant is taking the examination as a non-graduate, the
				interim permit may be issued upon completion of the educational requirements
				for licensure.)
(b) An interim
				permit is not renewable and is in effect to the expiration date or until the
				results of the examination are mailed, at which time it becomes null and
				void.
(c) A permittee shall
				practice under the direct supervision of a registered nurse who shall be
				present and available on the patient care unit during all the time the
				permittee is rendering professional services. The supervising registered nurse
				may delegate to the permittee any function taught in the permittee's basic
				nursing program which, in the judgment of the supervising registered nurse, the
				permittee is capable of performing.
(d) An interim permittee is not authorized to
				use any other title or designation than "I.P." or "permittee" or "nurse
				permittee" or "nurse interim permittee."
(e) As an applicant for a license, the
				permittee is subject to the disciplinary provisions of Sections
				2761and
									2762
				of the Business and Professions Code as is the Registered Nurse.
1. New section
				  filed 4-6-79; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 79, No.
				  14).
2. Amendment of subsection (c) filed 6-17-85; effective
				  thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No. 25).
3. Amendment of
				  subsection (c) filed 9-27-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85,
				  No. 39).
4. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 4-7-87; operative
				  5-7-87 (Register 87, No. 16).
5. Amendment of subsections (a) and
				  (b) filed 10-2-96; operative 11-1-96 (Register 96, No.
				  40).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2715,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 2732.1,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 2 - Registration and Examination › Section 1414.1 - Foreign Licensees

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
An applicant who is currently licensed in a foreign country
				  and who meets the educational requirements in Section
				  2736 may be issued an interim
				  permit, subject to the conditions set forth in subsections (b), (c), (d), and
				  (e) of Section
				  1414.
1. New section
				  filed 5-22-80; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 80, No.
				  21).
2. Amendment filed 9-27-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter
				  (Register 85, No. 39).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2715,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 2732.1,
					 2732.15
					 and
					 2736,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 2 - Registration and Examination › Section 1414.2 - Interim Permit Defined. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. New section
				  filed 5-22-80; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 80, No.
				  21).
2. Repealer filed 9-27-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter
				  (Register 85, No. 39).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2715,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 2732.1
					 and
					 2736,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 2 - Registration and Examination › Section 1414.5 - Temporary License

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) A
				person who meets the requirements of Section
				2733 of the code may apply for a
				temporary license.
(b) An applicant
				whose application for a temporary license has been rejected shall be deemed to
				have abandoned the application if he/she does not submit evidence that he/she
				has removed the deficiencies specified in the written evaluation notice within
				a one-year period from the date of the written evaluation notice.
1. New section
				  filed 9-27-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No.
				  39).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 2715
					 and
					 2733,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 2732.1,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 2 - Registration and Examination › Section 1415 - Rescoring of Examination Papers. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. New section
				  filed 3-21-52; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 27, No.
				  5).
2. Amendment filed 4-30-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter
				  (Register 85, No. 18).
3. Repealer filed 10-2-96; operative 11-1-96
				  (Register 96, No. 40).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2715,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 2740
					 and
					 2815,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 2 - Registration and Examination › Section 1416 - Content of Second and Subsequent Examinations. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. New section
				  filed 3-21-52; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 27, No.
				  5).
2. Amendment filed 2-23-72; effective thirtieth day thereafter
				  (Register 72, No. 9).
3. Amendment filed 3-16-77; effective
				  thirtieth day thereafter (Register 77, No. 12).
4. Amendment filed
				  5-22-80; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 80, No.
				  21).
5. Amendment filed 3-22-82; effective thirtieth day thereafter
				  (Register 82, No. 13).
6. Repealer filed 4-7-87; operative 5-7-87
				  (Register 87, No. 16).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2715,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 2740
					 and
					 2741,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 2 - Registration and Examination › Section 1418 - Eligibility for Licensure of Applicants Who Have Military Education and Experience

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
An applicant who presents with relevant military education
				  and experience, and who presents documentation from a board-approved registered
				  prelicensure nursing program of equivalency credit evaluation that provides
				  evidence of meeting, in whole or in part, the minimum standards for competency
				  set forth in Section
				  1443.5 and minimum education
				  requirements of licensure listed pursuant to Sections
				  1426(c)(1) to
				  (3), utilizing challenge examination or other
				  evaluative methods, will be considered to meet, in whole or in part, the
				  education requirements for licensure.
1. New section
				  filed 10-28-76; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 76, No.
				  44).
2. Amendment filed 9-27-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter
				  (Register 85, No. 39).
3. Repealer and new section filed 3-9-2000;
				  operative 4-8-2000 (Register 2000, No. 10).
4. Amendment of section
				  heading, repealer and new section and amendment of NOTE filed 10-8-2018;
				  operative 10-8-2018 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11343.4(b)(3)
				  (Register 2018, No. 41).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 2715
					 and
					 2786.1,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 2786
					 and
					 2786.1,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 2 - Registration and Examination › Section 1419.1 - Inactive License

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
A license may be maintained in an inactive status by paying
				  the renewal fee as it becomes due. The licensee shall not practice nursing
				  during the time the license is inactive.
To activate an inactive license, the licensee must submit a
				  written request and evidence of 30 hours of approved continuing education taken
				  during the two year period immediately preceding the request for activation. A
				  licensee activating a license pursuant to this section shall furnish a full set
				  of fingerprints as required by and set out in section
				  1419(b) as a
				  condition of activation.
1. New section
				  filed 9-27-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No.
				  39).
2. Amendment of second paragraph and NOTE filed 11-24-2008 as
				  an emergency; operative 11-24-2008 (Register 2008, No. 48). A Certificate of
				  Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 5-26-2009 or emergency language will
				  be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. Certificate
				  of Compliance as to 11-24-2008 order transmitted to OAL 4-29-2009 and filed
				  6-2-2009 (Register 2009, No. 23).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 2708.1,
					 2715
					 and
					 2761(f),
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 2734
					 and
					 2761(f),
					 Business and Professions Code; and Section
					 11105(b)(10),
					 Penal Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 2 - Registration and Examination › Section 1419.2 - Renewal Processing Times. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. New section
				  filed 2-13-91; operative 3-15-91 (Register 91, No. 12).
2. Change
				  without regulatory effect repealing section filed 10-20-2022 pursuant to
				  section 100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2022, No. 42).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2715,
					 Business and Professions Code; and Section
					 15376,
					 Government Code. Reference: Section
					 2811,
					 Business and Professions Code; and Section
					 15376,
					 Government Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 2 - Registration and Examination › Section 1419.3 - Reinstatement of Expired License

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
In the event a licensee does not renew his/her license as
				  provided in Section
				  2811 of the code, the license
				  expires. A licensee renewing pursuant to this section shall furnish a full set
				  of fingerprints as required by and set out in section
				  1419(b) as a
				  condition of renewal.
(a) A licensee
				may renew a license that has not been expired for more than eight years by
				paying the renewal and penalty fees as specified in Section
				1417 and providing evidence of 30
				hours of continuing education taken within the prior two-year period.
(b) A licensee may renew a license that has
				been expired for more than eight years by paying the renewal and penalty fees
				specified in Section
				1417 and providing evidence that
				he or she holds a current valid active and clear registered nurse license in
				another state, a United States territory, or Canada, or by passing the Board's
				current examination for licensure.
1. New section
				  filed 9-27-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No.
				  39).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed
				  12-29-98 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 99, No. 1).
3. Amendment filed 9-19-2001;
				  operative 10-19-2001 (Register 2001, No. 38).
4. Amendment of first
				  paragraph and NOTE filed 11-24-2008 as an emergency; operative 11-24-2008
				  (Register 2008, No. 48). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL
				  by 5-26-2009 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the
				  following day.
5. Certificate of Compliance as to 11-24-2008 order
				  transmitted to OAL 4-29-2009 and filed 6-2-2009 (Register 2009, No.
				  23).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 2708.1,
					 2715,
					 2761(f)
					 and
					 2811.5,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 2761(f),
					 2811
					 and
					 2811.5,
					 Business and Professions Code; and Section
					 11105(b)(10),
					 Penal Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 2 - Registration and Examination › Section 1419.4 - Issuance of Duplicate License

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
A licensee shall report a lost or stolen license within ten
				  (10) days of the loss and shall request, in writing, replacement of the lost
				  license and pay the fee specified in Section
				  1417(a)(13). A
				  licensee may be required to submit a notarized statement explaining the
				  circumstances of the loss, and/or file a license renewal form provided by the
				  board.
1. New section
				  filed 9-27-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No.
				  39).
2. Amendment filed 4-7-87; operative 5-7-87 (Register 87, No.
				  16).
3. Amendment filed 2-1-96; operative 3-2-96 (Register 96, No.
				  5).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2715,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 2815,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 3 - Prelicensure Nursing Programs › Section 1421 - Application for Approval

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) An
				institution of higher education or affiliated institution applying for approval
				of a new prelicensure registered nursing program (program applicant) shall be
				in the state and shall comply with the requirements specified in the board's
				document entitled, "Instructions for Institutions Seeking Approval of a New
				Prelicensure Registered Nursing Program or Addition of a New Campus or Location
				for a Currently Approved Nursing Program," (EDP-I-01 Rev 9/23),
				("Instructions"), which is hereby incorporated by reference, including:
(1) Notify the board in writing of its intent
				to offer a new program that complies with board requirements;
(2) Submit a feasibility study in accordance
				with the requirements specified in the "Instructions";
(3) Appoint a director who meets the
				requirements of section
				1425(a). Such
				appointment shall be made upon board acceptance of the feasibility study for
				the proposed program.
(4) After
				acceptance of the feasibility study by the board, and no later than six (6)
				months prior to the proposed date for enrollment of students, submit a
				self-study to the board in accordance with the requirements specified in the
				"Instructions" demonstrating how the program will meet the requirements of
				sections 1424 through
				1432 of this article and sections
				2786.6(a) and (b)
				of the code.
(5) Have a
				representative at public meetings of the board and board committee pursuant to
				the "Instructions" when the feasibility study and self-study are
				considered.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 3 - Prelicensure Nursing Programs › Section 1422 - Certificate of Approval

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) A
				certificate of approval shall be issued to each nursing program when it is
				initially approved by the board.
(b) The board shall revoke a nursing
				program's approval, and the program shall return the certificate of approval to
				the board under the following conditions:
(1)
				The institution of higher education cannot grant degrees; or
(2) The board determines that the nursing
				program is in non-compliance with the requirements set forth in this article or
				sections 2786 through
				2788 of the
				code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 3 - Prelicensure Nursing Programs › Section 1423 - Approval Requirements

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) In
				order for a program to be approved by the board or to retain its approval, it
				shall comply with all requirements set forth in this article and in sections
				2786 through
				2788 of the code.
(b) Knowingly concealing a material fact
				required to be submitted to the board or knowingly misrepresenting a material
				fact submitted to the board is cause for denial of an application or revocation
				of an approved nursing program's approval.
1. Amendment
				  of section heading and section filed 9-21-2010; operative 10-21-2010 (Register
				  2010, No. 39).
2. Amendment of subsection (b) and amendment of NOTE
				  filed 10-14-2022; operative 1-1-2023 (Register 2022, No.
				  41).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2715,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 2786
					 and
					 2788,
					 Business and Professions Code.
The amended version of this section by
				  Register
				  2023, No. 45, effective
				  10/26/2023 is not
				  yet available.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 3 - Prelicensure Nursing Programs › Section 1423.1 - Grounds for Denial or Removal of Board Approval

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The board shall deny approval and shall remove approval of a
				  prelicensure nursing program that:
(a)
				Fails to provide evidence of granting credit, in the field of nursing, for
				previous education, including military education and experience, through an
				established policy and procedure, to evaluate and grant credit.
(1) Each prelicensure program shall have a
				policy and procedures that describe the process to award credits for specific
				course(s), including the prior military education and experience, through
				challenge examinations or other methods of evaluation for meeting academic
				credits and licensure requirements.
(2) Each program shall make information
				regarding evaluation of and granting credit in the field of nursing for
				previous education, including military education and experience, for purpose of
				establishing equivalency or granting credit, available to applicants in
				published documents, such as college catalog or student handbook and online, so
				that it is available to the public and to the board.
(3) Each program shall maintain a record that
				shows applicants and results of transferred/challenged credits, including
				applicants who applied for transfer of military education and
				experience.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 3 - Prelicensure Nursing Programs › Section 1423.2 - Denial or Revocation of Approval of a Nursing Program

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Upon presenting evidence of noncompliance
				with Article 3 and lack of demonstrated corrective actions to remove
				noncompliance, the board may take actions to:
(1) Deny approval of a nursing program;
				or
(2) Revoke approval from a
				nursing program; or
(3) Place a
				nursing program on a warning status with intent to revoke approval;
				or
(4) Revoke approval when a
				program has been on a warning status for one year and the program fails to show
				substantive corrective changes.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 3 - Prelicensure Nursing Programs › Section 1424 - Administration and Organization of the Nursing Program

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) There shall be a written statement of
				philosophy and objectives that serves as a basis for curriculum structure. Such
				statement shall take into consideration the individual difference of students,
				including their cultural and ethnic background, learning styles, goals, and
				support systems. It shall also take into consideration the concepts of nursing
				and man in terms of nursing activities, the environment, the health-illness
				continuum, and relevant knowledge from related disciplines.
(b) The policies and procedures by which the
				program is administered shall be in writing, shall reflect the philosophy and
				objectives of the program, and shall be available to all students.
(1) The nursing program shall have a written
				plan for evaluation of the total program, including admission and selection
				procedures, attrition and retention of students, and performance of graduates
				in meeting community needs.
(2) The
				program shall have a procedure for resolving student grievances.
(3) The program shall have policies and
				procedures regarding the granting of credit for military education and acquired
				knowledge by providing opportunity to obtain credit by the following methods,
				including but not limited to the listed methods:
(A) the use of challenge examinations;
				or
(B) the use of evaluative
				methods to validate achievement of course objectives and
				competencies.
(4) The
				program shall make available the policies and procedures, including the
				acceptance of military coursework and experience, on the school's
				website.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 3 - Prelicensure Nursing Programs › Section 1425 - Faculty-Qualifications and Changes

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
All faculty, the director, and the assistant director shall
				  be approved by the board pursuant to the document, "Faculty Qualifications and
				  Changes Explanation of CCR 1425 (EDP-R-02 Rev 09/2012), which is incorporated
				  herein by reference. A program shall report to the board all changes in
				  faculty, including changes in teaching areas, prior to employment of, or within
				  30 days after, termination of employment of a faculty member. Such changes
				  shall be reported on forms provided by the board: Faculty Approval/Resignation
				  Notification form (EDP-P-02, Rev 09/2012) and Director or Assistant Director
				  Approval form (EDP-P-03, Rev 09/2012), which are herein incorporated by
				  reference. Each faculty member, director, and assistant director shall hold a
				  clear and active license issued by the board and shall possess the following
				  qualifications:
(a) The director of
				the program shall meet the following minimum qualifications:
(1) A master's or higher degree from an
				accredited college or university which includes course work in nursing,
				education or administration;
(2)
				One (1) year's experience as an administrator with validated performance of
				administrative responsibilities consistent with section
				1420(h);
(3) Two (2) years' experience teaching in
				pre- or post-licensure registered nursing programs; and
(4) One (1) year's continuous, full-time or
				its equivalent experience direct patient care as a registered nurse;
				or
(5) Equivalent experience and/or
				education, as determined by the board.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 3 - Prelicensure Nursing Programs › Section 1425.1 - Faculty Responsibilities

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Each faculty member shall assume
				responsibility and accountability for instruction, evaluation of students, and
				planning and implementing curriculum content.
(b) Each faculty member shall participate in
				an orientation program, including, but not limited to, the program's
				curriculum, policies and procedures, strategies for teaching, and student
				supervision and evaluation.
(c) A
				registered nurse faculty member shall be responsible for clinical supervision
				only of those students enrolled in the registered nursing program.
(d) Each faculty member shall be clinically
				competent in the nursing area in which he or she teaches. The board document,
				"Faculty Remediation Guidelines" (EDP-R-08 Rev. 02/09), which provides
				guidelines for attaining and documenting clinical competency, is herein
				incorporated by reference.
1. Amendment
				  of subsection (a) filed 4-27-87; operative 5-27-87 (Register 87, No.
				  18).
2. Amendment filed 9-21-2010; operative 10-21-2010 (Register
				  2010, No. 39).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 2715,
					 2786
					 and
					 2786.6,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 2786-
					 2788,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 3 - Prelicensure Nursing Programs › Section 1426 - Required Curriculum

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(a) The
				curriculum of a nursing program shall be that set forth in this section, and
				shall be approved by the board. Any revised curriculum shall be approved by the
				board prior to its implementation.
(b) The curriculum shall reflect a unifying
				theme, which includes the nursing process as defined by the faculty, and shall
				be designed so that a student who completes the program will have the
				knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to function in accordance with the
				registered nurse scope of practice as defined in code section
				2725, and to meet minimum
				competency standards of a registered nurse.
(c) The curriculum shall consist of not less
				than fifty-eight (58) semester units, or eighty-seven (87) quarter units, which
				shall include at least the following number of units in the specified course
				areas:
(1) Art and science of nursing,
				thirty-six (36) semester units or fifty-four (54) quarter units, of which
				eighteen (18) semester or twenty-seven (27) quarter units will be in theory and
				eighteen (18) semester or twenty-seven (27) quarter units will be in clinical
				practice.
(2) Communication skills,
				six (6) semester or nine (9) quarter units. Communication skills shall include
				principles of oral, written, and group communication.
(3) Related natural sciences (anatomy,
				physiology, and microbiology courses with labs), behavioral and social
				sciences, sixteen (16) semester or twenty-four (24) quarter units.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 3 - Prelicensure Nursing Programs › Section 1426.1 - Preceptorship

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A preceptorship is a course, or component of a course,
				  presented at the end of a board-approved curriculum, that provides students
				  with a faculty-planned and supervised experience comparable to that of an
				  entry-level registered nurse position. A program may choose to include a
				  preceptorship in its curriculum. The following shall apply:
(a) The course shall be approved by the board
				prior to its implementation.
(b)
				The program shall have written policies and shall keep policies on file for
				conducting the preceptorship that include all of the following:
(1) Identification of criteria used for
				preceptor selection;
(2) Provision
				for a preceptor orientation program that covers the policies of the
				preceptorship and preceptor, student, and faculty responsibilities;
(3) Identification of preceptor
				qualifications for both the primary and the relief preceptor that include the
				following requirements:
(A) An active, clear
				license issued by the board;
(B)
				Clinically competent, and meet the minimum qualifications specified in section
				1425(e);
(C) Employed by the health care agency for a
				minimum of one (1) year; and
(D)
				Completed a preceptor orientation program prior to serving as a
				preceptor.
(E) A relief preceptor,
				who is similarly qualified to be the preceptor is present and available on the
				primary preceptor's days off.
(4) Communication plan for faculty,
				preceptor, and student to follow during the preceptorship that addresses:
(A) The frequency and method of
				faculty/preceptor/student contact;
(B) Availability of faculty and preceptor to
				the student during his or her preceptorship experience;
1. Preceptor is present and available on the
				patient care unit the entire time the student is rendering nursing services
				during the preceptorship.
2.
				Faculty is available to the preceptor and student during the entire time the
				student is involved in the preceptorship learning
				activity.
(5)
				Description of responsibilities of the faculty, preceptor, and student for the
				learning experiences and evaluation during preceptorship, that include the
				following activities:
(A) Faculty member
				conducts periodic on-site meetings/conferences with the preceptor and the
				student;
(B) Faculty member
				completes and conducts the final evaluation of the student with input from the
				preceptor;
(6)
				Maintenance of preceptor records that includes names of all current preceptors,
				registered nurse licenses, and dates of preceptorships; and
(7) Plan for an ongoing evaluation regarding
				the continued use of preceptors.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 3 - Prelicensure Nursing Programs › Section 1427 - Clinical Facilities

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(a)
				A nursing program shall not utilize any agency or facility for clinical
				experience without prior approval by the board. Each program must submit
				evidence that it has complied with the requirements of subdivisions (b), (c),
				and (d) of this section and the policies outlined by the board.
(b) A program that utilizes an agency or
				facility for clinical experience shall maintain written objectives for student
				learning in such facilities, and shall assign students only to facilities that
				can provide the experience necessary to meet those objectives.
(c) Each such program shall maintain written
				agreements with such facilities and such agreements shall include the
				following:
(1) Assurance of the availability
				and appropriateness of the learning environment in relation to the program's
				written objectives;
(2) Provision
				for orientation of faculty and students;
(3) A specification of the responsibilities
				and authority of the facility's staff as related to the program and to the
				educational experience of the students;
(4) Assurance that staff is adequate in
				number and quality to ensure safe and continuous health care services to
				patients;
(5) Provisions for
				continuing communication between the facility and the program; and
(6) A description of the responsibilities of
				faculty assigned to the facility utilized by the program.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 3 - Prelicensure Nursing Programs › Section 1428 - Student Participation

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Students shall be provided opportunity to participate with
				  the faculty in the identification of policies and procedures related to
				  students including but not limited to:
(a) Philosophy and objectives;
(b) Learning experience; and
(c) Curriculum, instruction, and evaluation
				of the various aspects of the program, including clinical facilities.
1. Amendment
				  filed 9-21-2010; operative 10-21-2010 (Register 2010, No.
				  39).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 2715
					 and
					 2786,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 2786-
					 2788,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 3 - Prelicensure Nursing Programs › Section 1428.6 - Policies Relating to Establishing Eligibility for Examination

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(a) At least four
				(4) weeks prior to its established graduation date, the nursing program shall
				submit to the board a roster of names of those students and their expected date
				to successfully complete required course work. Except as provided below such a
				student shall be deemed eligible to take the examination after the date on
				which the student successfully completed the required course work.
(b) The nursing program shall notify the
				board immediately by telephone, facsimile, or e-mail of any student who fails
				to maintain eligibility and such individuals shall be deemed ineligible to take
				the examination.
1. Amendment
				  filed 10-2-96; operative 11-1-96 (Register 96, No. 40).
2. Amendment
				  filed 9-21-2010; operative 10-21-2010 (Register 2010, No.
				  39).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 2715
					 and
					 2786,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 2786-
					 2788,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 3 - Prelicensure Nursing Programs › Section 1429 - Licensed Vocational Nurses, Thirty (30) Semester or Forty-Five (45) Quarter Unit Option

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(a) An
				applicant who is licensed in California as a vocational nurse is eligible to
				apply for licensure as a registered nurse if such applicant has successfully
				completed the courses prescribed below and meets all the other requirements set
				forth in section
				2736 of the code. Such applicant
				shall submit evidence to the board, including a transcript, of successful
				completion of the requirements set forth in subsection (c) and of successful
				completion or challenge of courses in physiology and microbiology comparable to
				such courses required for licensure as a registered nurse.
(b) The school shall offer objective
				counseling of this option and evaluate each licensed vocational nurse applicant
				for admission to its registered nursing program on an individual basis. A
				school's determination of the prerequisite courses required of a licensed
				vocational nurse applicant shall be based on an analysis of each applicant's
				academic deficiencies, irrespective of the time such courses were
				taken.
(c) The additional education
				required of licensed vocational nurse applicants shall not exceed a maximum of
				thirty (30) semester or forty-five (45) quarter units. Courses required for
				vocational nurse licensure do not fulfill the additional education requirement.
				However, other courses comparable to those required for licensure as a
				registered nurse, as specified in section
				1426, may fulfill the additional
				education requirement.
Nursing courses shall be taken in an approved nursing program
				  and shall be beyond courses equivalent to the first year of professional
				  nursing courses. The nursing content shall include nursing intervention in
				  acute, preventive, remedial, supportive, rehabilitative and teaching aspects of
				  nursing. Theory and courses with concurrent clinical practice shall include
				  advanced medical-surgical, mental health, psychiatric nursing and geriatric
				  nursing. The nursing content shall include the basic standards for competent
				  performance prescribed in section
				  1443.5 of these
				  regulations.
1. Amendment
				  of section heading and section filed 9-21-2010; operative 10-21-2010 (Register
				  2010, No. 39).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2715,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 2736,
					 2736.6
					 and
					 2786,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 3 - Prelicensure Nursing Programs › Section 1430 - Previous Education Credit

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An approved nursing program shall have a process for a
				  student to obtain credit for previous education or for other acquired knowledge
				  in the field of nursing, including military education and experience, through
				  equivalence, challenge examinations, or other methods of evaluation. The
				  program shall make the information available in published documents, such as
				  college catalog or student handbook, and online.
1. Renumbering
				  of former section
				  1430 to new section
				  1432 and new section
				  1430 filed 9-21-2010; operative
				  10-21-2010 (Register 2010, No. 39).
2. Amendment of section and NOTE
				  filed 10-8-2018; operative 10-8-2018 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11343.4(b)(3)
				  (Register 2018, No. 41).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 2715,
					 2786.1
					 and
					 2786.6,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 2736,
					 2786.1,
					 2786.6
					 and
					 2788,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 3 - Prelicensure Nursing Programs › Section 1431 - Licensing Examination Pass Rate Standard

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The nursing program shall maintain a minimum pass rate of
				  seventy-five percent (75%) for first time licensing examination
				  candidates.
(a) A program exhibiting a
				pass rate below seventy-five percent (75%) for first time candidates in an
				academic year shall conduct a comprehensive program assessment to identify
				variables contributing to the substandard pass rate and shall submit a written
				report to the board. The report shall include the findings of the assessment
				and a plan for increasing the pass rate including specific corrective measures
				to be taken, resources, and timeframe.
(b) A board-approval visit will be conducted
				if a program exhibits a pass rate below seventy-five percent (75%) for first
				time candidates for two (2) consecutive academic years.
(c) The board may place a program on warning
				status with intent to revoke the program's approval and may revoke approval if
				a program fails to maintain the minimum pass rate pursuant to section
				2788 of the code.
1. New section
				  filed 9-21-2010; operative 10-21-2010 (Register 2010, No.
				  39).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 2715
					 and
					 2788,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 2788,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 3 - Prelicensure Nursing Programs › Section 1432 - Changes to an Approved Program

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(a) Each nursing program holding a
				certificate of approval shall:
(1) File its
				legal name and current mailing address with the board at its principal office
				and shall notify the board at said office of any change of name or mailing
				address within thirty (30) days prior to such change. It shall give both the
				old and the new name or address.
(2) Notify the board within ten (10) days of
				any:
(A) Change in fiscal condition that will
				or may potentially adversely affect applicants or students enrolled in the
				nursing program.
(B) Substantive
				change in the organizational structure, administrative responsibility, or
				accountability in the nursing program, the institution of higher education in
				which the nursing program is located or with which it is affiliated that will
				affect the nursing program.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 3.5 - Citations and Fines › Section 1435 - Citations-Content and Service

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(a)
				The Executive Officer of the board or his/her designee, in lieu of filing an
				accusation against any licensee, may issue a citation which may contain an
				administrative fine and/or order of abatement against that licensee for any
				violation of law which would be grounds for discipline or of any regulation
				adopted by the board pursuant thereto.
(b) Each citation shall be in writing and
				shall describe with particularity the nature and facts of each violation
				specified in the citation, including a reference to the statute or regulation
				alleged to have been violated.
(c)
				The citation may contain an assessment of an administrative fine, an order of
				abatement fixing a reasonable time for abatement of the violation, or
				both.
(d) The citation shall inform
				the cited individual of the right to an informal citation conference concerning
				the matter and of the right to an administrative hearing.
(e) The citation shall be served upon the
				individual personally or by certified mail.
1. New Article
				  3.5 (sections
				  1435-1435.7) and section
				  1435 filed 7-12-96; operative
				  8-11-96 (Register 96, No. 28).
2. Amendment of subsection (a) filed
				  12-16-2002; operative 1-15-2003 (Register 2002, No.
				  51).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 125.9,
					 148
					 and
					 2715,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 125.9
					 and
					 148,
					 Business and Professions Code.