Sections
24 entriesSection 2859Defines vocational nursing as specified technical and manual services learned through approved vocational-nursing education or equivalent and performed under authorized direction, and…Section 2859.1Defines naturopathic-doctor supervision of a vocational nurse as oversight/responsibility without physical presence when supervision is followed and the doctor is telephone-available during…Section 2860Limits the chapter so it grants no authority to practice medicine or surgery, provide respiratory care, or unlawfully prevent, treat, or cure…Section 2860.5Allows a vocational nurse, when directed by a physician or naturopathic doctor, to inject medications, withdraw blood after specified training or demonstrated…Section 2860.7Allows a vocational nurse under physician or naturopathic-doctor direction to perform specified skin tests in a tuberculosis-control program and immunizations under standing…Section 2861Allows a person who is not licensed under the chapter to perform nursing services, despite the chapter’s licensure provisions. Prohibits that unlicensed…Section 2861.5Exempts a person licensed under the chapter from civil damages for acts or omissions when, in good faith, providing emergency care at…Section 2862Allows a student enrolled in an approved vocational-nursing school to render vocational-nursing services when those services are incidental to the student’s course…Section 2863Exempts vocational nursing or care of the sick, whether compensated or for personal profit, when performed by adherents in connection with the…Section 2864Allows every person licensed under the chapter to be known as a licensed vocational nurse and to place the letters “L.V.N.” after…Section 2866Requires a vocational-nurse license applicant to be at least 17, complete an approved 12th-grade course or board-specified equivalent, and complete an approved…Section 2867Requires an applicant seeking a license authorizing vocational-nursing practice in this state to file a vocational-nurse license application on the form prescribed…Section 2867.5Requires every person receiving a license to pay the initial license fee prescribed by the chapter before the license is issued. Establishes…Section 2867.6Requires the board, after receiving proof that an applicant passed the examination and the required initial license fee, to issue a receipt…Section 2868Requires the board to hold at least two examinations each year for applicants seeking to practice vocational nursing in this state. Allows…Section 2870Requires licensing examinations to be written and allows the board to supplement them with oral or practical examination in subjects it determines.…Section 2871Allows an applicant who fails the first vocational-nursing examination to take a second examination after paying the fee required by the chapter.…Section 2872Requires the board to issue a license to each applicant who passes the examination. Requires the form of that license to be…Section 2872.1Allows the board, on written application and receipt of the required application fee, to issue a vocational-nursing license without examination to an…Section 2872.2Allows an interim vocational-nursing permit when a completed examination application arrives within four months after approved-program completion; requires a decision and issuance,…Section 2872.3Requires applicants and licensees to provide a physical mailing address and, no later than July 1, 2022, an email address to the…Section 2873Allows a person with education, experience, or a combination equivalent to that acquired in an approved vocational-nursing school to be licensed as…Section 2873.5Requires a vocational-nursing license to be granted to a qualifying armed-forces medical-corps veteran who spent at least 12 aggregate months providing bedside…Section 2873.6Requires effective-date Corrections medical technical assistants meeting 12-month patient-care, nursing-training, and honorable-discharge conditions to receive employment-restricted licenses. For new appointments, allows licensed…