BILL NUMBER: AB 2839	CHAPTERED  08/23/04

	CHAPTER  271
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 23, 2004
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 23, 2004
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 10, 2004
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 24, 2004
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 12, 2004

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Daucher
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Figueroa)

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2004

   An act to add Section 2785.5 to the Business and Professions Code,
relating to healing arts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2839, Daucher.  Nursing schools.
   Existing law, the Nursing Practice Act, establishes the Board of
Registered Nursing.
   This bill would require the board to establish a workgroup or use
an existing committee to encourage and facilitate transfer agreements
or other enrollment models between associate degree and
baccalaureate degree nursing programs.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 2785.5 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   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.