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AB-1292 Nursing: distance education nursing program students.(2023-2024)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 2729 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:

2729.
 Nursing services may be rendered by a student when these services  A student may render nursing services if those services  are incidental to the course of study of one of the following:
(a) A student enrolled in a board-approved prelicensure program or school of nursing.
(b) A nurse licensed in another state or country taking a board-approved continuing education course or a postlicensure course.
(c) (1) A student who is a resident of the state and enrolled in a prelicensure distance education nursing program based at an out-of-state private postsecondary educational institution for the purpose of gaining clinical experience in a clinical setting that meets all of the following criteria:
(A) The program is accredited by a programmatic accreditation entity recognized by the United States Department of Education.
(B) The board has not otherwise approved the program.
(C) The student placement does not impact any students already assigned to the agency or facility.
(D) The prelicensure distance education nursing program does not make a payment to a clinical agency or facility in exchange for clinical experience placements.
(2) A student described by this subdivision shall be supervised in person by a registered nurse licensed by the board pursuant to this chapter while rendering nursing services.
(3) A clinical agency or facility shall not schedule a clinical experience placement with an out-of-state private postsecondary educational institution if the placement is needed to fulfill the clinical experience requirements of an in-state student enrolled in a board-approved nursing program.
(d) For purposes of this section, “out-of-state private postsecondary educational institution” has the same meaning as defined in Section 94850.5 of the Education Code.