BILL NUMBER: SB 538	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 21, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Price

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

    An act to relating to healing arts.   An act
to amend Sections 2701 and 2708 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to nursing. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 538, as amended, Price.  Healing arts.  
Nursing.  
   Existing law, until January 1, 2012, creates within the Department
of Consumer Affairs the Board of Registered Nursing, and provides
for the board to select an executive director. Under existing law,
boards scheduled for repeal are required to be evaluated by the Joint
Sunset Review Committee of the Legislature.  
   This bill would extend the operation of these provisions until
January 1, 2016, and would specify that the board is subject to
review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature. 

   Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of healing
arts licensees by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs.
 
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would make substantive changes to those healing arts
provisions. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  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repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before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. 
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation that would make substantive changes to the
healing arts provisions described in Division 2 (commencing with
Section 500) of the Business and Professions Code.