BILL NUMBER: AB 1416	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Galgiani

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to repeal and add Sections 2883 and 4532 of the Business
and Professions Code, relating to the healing arts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1416, as introduced, Galgiani.  Vocational nursing and
psychiatric technicians: school accreditation.
   Existing law requires the Board of Vocational Nursing and
Psychiatric Technicians of the State of California, through an
official representative, to inspect all vocational nursing schools
and psychiatric technician schools when it deems necessary and, based
on that representative's report, to determine whether to approve the
school as accredited or to exclude the school from its accredited
schools lists.
   This bill would require the board to cause these inspections to be
conducted at regular intervals and other times the board deems
necessary, and by site visit or review of documents required by the
board, or both, as determined by the board.
   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 2883 of the Business and Professions Code is
repealed. 
   2883.  It shall be the duty of the board, through an official
representative, to inspect all schools of vocational nursing in this
state at such times as the board shall deem necessary. Written
reports of the representative's visits shall be made to the board,
which shall thereupon approve as accredited such schools of nursing
as meet the requirements provided by the board.
   Upon receiving the report of the representative, if the board
determines that any accredited school of vocational nursing is not
maintaining the standard required by the board, notice thereof in
writing specifying the defect or defects shall be immediately given
to the school. If the defects are not corrected within a reasonable
time, the school of nursing may be removed from the accredited list
and notice thereof in writing given to it. 
  SEC. 2.  Section 2883 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   2883.  (a) The board shall, through an official representative,
inspect all vocational nursing schools in this state at regular
intervals and at other times that the board deems necessary. These
inspections shall be conducted by a site visit or by a review of
documents required by the board, or both, as determined by the board.
As used in this subdivision, "documents required by the board" means
only those documents that are relevant to a determination of whether
the school meets the requirements of this article as prescribed by
the board.
   (b) The representative shall prepare for the board a written
report of the representative's inspection. Based upon the report, the
board shall approve as accredited the schools that meet the
requirements of this article as prescribed by the board.
   (c) If the board determines that a school does not meet those
requirements, the board shall immediately deliver to the school a
written notice of the school's defect or defects. If the school does
not correct the specified defects within a reasonable time, the board
may: (1) deny initial placement on the accredited schools list of a
school conducting its initial class, or (2) remove a school from the
accredited schools list. In each case, the board shall deliver to the
school a written notice of its action.
  SEC. 3.  Section 4532 of the Business and Professions Code is
repealed. 
   4532.  The board shall provide for the periodic inspection of all
psychiatric technician schools in this State. Written reports of the
inspection shall be made to the board, which shall then approve as
accredited the schools which meet the standards prescribed by it.
   If the board determines from a report that any accredited school
is not maintaining its prescribed standards, it shall immediately
give the school a notice in writing specifying the defect. If the
defect is not corrected the board shall, after written notice, remove
the school from the accredited list. 
  SEC. 4.  Section 4532 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   4532.   (a) The board shall, through an official representative,
inspect all psychiatric technician schools in this state at regular
intervals and at other times that the board deems necessary. These
inspections shall be conducted by a site visit or by a review of
documents required by the board, or both, as determined by the board.
As used in this subdivision, "documents required by the board" means
only those documents that are relevant to a determination of whether
the school meets the requirements of this article as prescribed by
the board.
   (b) The representative shall prepare for the board a written
report of the representative's inspection. Based upon the report, the
board shall approve as accredited the schools that meet the
requirements of this article as prescribed by the board.
   (c) If the board determines that a school does not meet those
requirements, the board shall immediately deliver to the school a
written notice of the school's defect or defects. If the school does
not correct the specified defects within a reasonable time, the board
may: (1) deny initial placement on the accredited schools list of a
school conducting its initial class, or (2) remove a school from the
accredited schools list. In each case, the board shall deliver to the
school a written notice of its action.