BILL NUMBER: AB 1028	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Patterson

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Section 2872.2 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to vocational nursing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1028, as introduced, Patterson. Vocational nursing: interim
permits.
   Existing law, the Vocational Nursing Practice Act, provides for
the licensure and regulation of the practice of licensed vocational
nursing by the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric
Technicians. Existing law requires an applicant for a vocational
nurse license to have successfully completed specified courses of
studies from a school accredited by the board, and provides for the
issuance of a license upon successful completion of a written
examination, among other criteria. Existing law provides that if the
application for licensure by examination is received by the board no
later than 4 months after completion of a board-approved nursing
program and approval of the application, the board may issue an
interim permit authorizing the applicant to practice vocational
nursing pending the results of the first licensing examination, or
for a period of 9 months, whichever occurs first.
   This bill would require the board to make a decision whether to
issue the interim permit, and, if the board decides to issue the
permit, issue the interim permit to the applicant within 30 days of
receiving the completed application.
   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 2872.2 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   2872.2.   (a)    An applicant for license by
examination shall submit a written application in the form prescribed
by the board. 
   Provided that 
    (b)     If  the application for
licensure by examination is received by the board no later than four
months after completion of a board approved nursing program and
approval of the application, the board may issue an interim permit
authorizing the applicant to practice vocational nursing pending the
results of the first licensing examination, or for a period of nine
months, whichever occurs first.  The board shall make a decision
whether to issue the interim permit, and, if the board decides to
issue the interim permit, issue the interim permit to the applicant
within 30 days of receiving the completed application.  

   If 
    (c)     If  the applicant passes the
examination, the interim permit shall remain in effect until an
initial license is issued by the board or for a maximum period of six
months after passing the examination, whichever occurs first. If the
applicant fails the examination, the interim permit shall terminate
upon notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, or if the
applicant fails to receive the notice, upon the date specified in the
interim permit, whichever occurs first. 
   A 
    (d)     A  permittee shall function
under the supervision of a licensed vocational nurse or a registered
nurse, who shall be present and available on the premises during the
time the permittee is rendering professional services. The
supervising licensed vocational nurse or registered nurse may
delegate to the permittee any function taught in the permittee's
basic nursing program. 
   An 
    (e)     An  interim permittee shall
not use any title or designation other than vocational nurse interim
permittee or "V.N.I.P."