California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 2 — Healing ArtsChapter 1 — General ProvisionsArticle 14 — Gerontology and Geriatric Training for the Healing ArtsSection 860
(a) The Legislature finds and declares both of the following:
(1) California’s system of care suffers from a severe shortage of professionals and paraprofessionals in the healing arts to administer programs and provide services for older adults.
(2) As a result of rapidly changing age demographics in California, it is essential that we prepare a sufficient number of competent and qualified professionals and paraprofessionals in the healing arts to administer programs for, and provide services to, California’s older adults and adults with disabilities.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to require various professionals and paraprofessionals in the healing arts to complete certain educational requirements in aging and long-term care as a condition or licensure or renewal of licensure, or both.
Notes
Establishes legislative findings that California faces a severe shortage of healing-arts professionals and paraprofessionals serving older adults and needs more qualified workers because of changing age demographics. States legislative intent to require specified aging and long-term-care education as a condition of licensure or renewal, but this provision itself imposes no education requirement.
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