BILL NUMBER: SB 539	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Price

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to amend Sections 2701, 2708, 2841, 4501, and 4503 of, and
to repeal and amend Section 2847 of, the Business and Professions
Code, relating to nursing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 539, as introduced, Price. Nursing.
   Existing law, until January 1, 2012, creates within the Department
of Consumer Affairs, the Board of Registered Nursing and a Board of
Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians of the State of
California. Existing law, until January 1, 2012, requires those
boards to select an executive officer to perform duties delegated by
each board. Under existing law, boards scheduled for repeal are
required to be evaluated by the Joint Sunset Review Committee.
   This bill would extend the operation of those provisions until
January 1, 2016, and would specify that these boards would be subject
to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 2701 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   2701.  (a) There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs the
Board of Registered Nursing consisting of nine members.
   (b) Within the meaning of this chapter, board, or the board,
refers to the Board of Registered Nursing. Any reference in state law
to the Board of Nurse Examiners of the State of California or
California Board of Nursing Education and Nurse Registration shall be
construed to refer to the Board of Registered Nursing.
   (c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
 2012   2016  , and as of that date is
repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before
January 1,  2012   2016  , deletes or
extends that date.  The   Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the  repeal of this section renders the
board subject to  the review required by Division 1.2
(commencing with Section 473)   review by the
appropriate policy committees of the Legislature  .
  SEC. 2.  Section 2708 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   2708.  (a) The board shall appoint an executive officer who shall
perform the duties delegated by the board and who shall be
responsible to it for the accomplishment of those duties.
   (b) The executive officer shall be a nurse currently licensed
under this chapter and shall possess other qualifications as
determined by the board.
   (c) The executive officer shall not be a member of the board.
   (d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
 2012   2016 , and as of that date is
repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before
January 1,  2012   2016  , deletes or
extends that date.
  SEC. 3.  Section 2841 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   2841.  (a) There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs a Board
of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians of the State of
California, consisting of 11 members.
   (b) Within the meaning of this chapter, "board," or "the board,"
refers to the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians
of the State of California.
   (c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
 2012   2016  , and as of that date is
repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before
January 1,  2012   2016  , deletes or
extends that date.  The   Notwithstanding any
other provis   ion of law, the  repeal of this section
renders the board subject to  the review required by Division
1.2 (commencing with Section 473)   review by the
appropriate policy committees of the Legislature  .
  SEC. 4.  Section 2847 of the Business and Professions Code, as
amended by Section 6 of Chapter 33 of the Statutes of 2008, is
repealed. 
   2847.  (a) The board may select an executive officer who shall
perform duties as are delegated by the board and who shall be
responsible to it for the accomplishment of those duties.
   (b) The person selected to be the executive officer of the board
shall be a duly licensed vocational nurse under this chapter, a duly
licensed professional nurse as defined in Section 2725, or a duly
licensed psychiatric technician. The executive officer shall not be a
member of the board.
   (c) With the approval of the Director of Finance, the board shall
fix the salary of the executive officer.
   (d) The executive officer shall be entitled to traveling and other
necessary expenses in the performance of his or her duties. He or
she shall make a statement, certified before a duly authorized
person, that the expenses have been actually incurred.
   (e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2012, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2012, deletes or extends
that date. 
  SEC. 5.  Section 2847 of the Business and Professions Code, as
added by Section 6 of Chapter 35 of the Statutes of 2008, is amended
to read:
   2847.  (a) The board shall select an executive officer who shall
perform duties as are delegated by the board and who shall be
responsible to it for the accomplishment of those duties.
   (b) The person selected to be the executive officer of the board
shall be a duly licensed vocational nurse under this chapter, a duly
licensed professional nurse as defined in Section 2725, or a duly
licensed psychiatric technician. The executive officer shall not be a
member of the board.
   (c) With the approval of the Director of Finance, the board shall
fix the salary of the executive officer.
   (d) The executive officer shall be entitled to traveling and other
necessary expenses in the performance of his or her duties. He or
she shall make a statement, certified before a duly authorized
person, that the expenses have been actually incurred.
   (e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
 2012   2016  , and as of that date is
repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before
January 1,  2012   2016  , deletes or
extends that date.
  SEC. 6.  Section 4501 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   4501.  (a) "Board," as used in this chapter, means the Board of
Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians  of the State of
California  .  (b)    
This 
    (b)     This  section shall remain in
effect only until January 1,  2012   2016 
, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that is enacted before January 1,  2012   2016
 , deletes or extends that date.
  SEC. 7.  Section 4503 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   4503.  (a) The board shall administer and enforce this chapter.
 (b)     This 
    (b)     This  section shall remain in
effect only until January 1,  2012  2016  ,
and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that is enacted before January 1,  2012   2016
 , deletes or extends that date.