(1) Existing law, the Barbering and Cosmetology Act, establishes the State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology until January 1, 2027, to license and regulate barbering, cosmetology, electrology, esthetics, hairstyling, and manicuring. Existing law requires a person, firm, or corporation operating an establishment where licensed activity occurs to obtain a license from the board for that establishment. Existing law requires an establishment to at all times be in the charge of a person licensed pursuant to the act, except an apprentice. This bill would extend the provisions relating to the establishment of the board to January 1, 2031. The bill would also require a partnership or limited liability company that desires to operate an establishment where licensed activity occurs to apply to obtain a license for that establishment. For any corporation or limited liability company operating such an establishment, the bill would require the organization to be registered and in good standing with the Secretary of State, and would provide for the suspension of any license from the board for a corporation or limited liability company that is not in good standing with the Secretary of State. The bill would require the board to license any federally recognized tribe, as defined, that applies for licensure and is otherwise compliant with the requirements of the Barbering and Cosmetology Act, and would exempt a federally recognized tribe from requirements relating to registration and good standing with the Secretary of State. The bill would also require an establishment to be in the charge of a person licensed pursuant to the act as a barber, cosmetologist, electrologist, esthetician, hairstylist, manicurist, or establishment at all times during which barbering, cosmetology, electrology, esthetics, hairstyling services, or manicuring are being performed in the establishment. (2) Existing law makes it a crime for a person, firm, or corporation to engage in specified regulated activity without a valid unexpired license issued by the board. This bill would expand this provision to include partnerships and limited liability companies engaged in regulated activity. By expanding the operation of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (3) Existing law requires the board to admit to examination for a license as a cosmetologist any person who satisfies specified application requirements, including completion of a course in cosmetology from a school approved by the board. This bill would also require the applicant to provide official transcripts as evidence of completion of that course. (4) Existing law provides for licensed apprenticeships to engage in learning or acquiring a knowledge of barbering, cosmetology, skin care, nail care, or electrology in a licensed establishment under the supervision of a licensee approved by the board. Existing law requires an apprenticeship training program to be conducted in compliance with the Shelley-Maloney Apprentice Labor Standards Act of 1939 according to apprenticeship standards approved by the Administrator of Apprenticeship. This bill would instead require the training program to be conducted in compliance with the Shelley-Maloney Apprentice Labor Standards Act of 1939 according to apprenticeship standards approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards. The bill would require an apprenticeship program sponsor, as defined, to obtain approval from the board to administer an apprenticeship program in barbering, cosmetology, or electrology. The bill would require an applicant seeking approval from the board to submit an application and fee and to comply with specified requirements, including submitting a copy of the agreement between the apprenticeship program sponsor and a local educational agency to the board. This bill, among other requirements, would require an apprenticeship program sponsor to first be approved by the Division of Apprenticeship Standards. The bill would authorize the board to revoke, suspend, or deny approval of an apprenticeship program sponsor for specified acts, including unprofessional conduct. The bill would prohibit an apprenticeship training program from charging fees for an individual to participate in an apprenticeship program other than the actual cost of textbooks and minimum equipment. This bill would authorize the board to approve a person licensed as a barber, cosmetologist, or electrologist to provide on-the-job training to an apprentice who agrees to specified requirements, including being present at all times that the apprentice is providing services. The bill would also authorize the board to approve an establishment to employ a person licensed as a barber, cosmetologist, or electrologist to provide on-the-job training to an apprentice if the establishment agrees to satisfy specified conditions, including paying the apprentice an hourly wage in accordance with the apprenticeship agreement. The bill would require the establishment and the trainer to certify that they have no outstanding fines and no pending or past disciplinary actions. By expanding the crime of perjury, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would require that an apprentice submit to the board a copy of the apprentice agreement entered into between the approved program sponsor and the apprentice, and would require the apprentice to be employed by the owner of a licensed establishment and registered as an apprentice with the Division of Apprenticeship Standards. The bill would make the failure to comply with the laws relating to apprenticeships by a trainer, establishment owner, or apprenticeship sponsor grounds for disciplinary action, citation and fines, and prohibition from hiring future apprentices. (5) Existing law provides for the approval of schools by the board and requires the board to determine by regulation the required subjects of instruction to be completed in all approved courses provided by board-approved schools. Existing law requires, among other things, a board-approved school in cosmetology, barbering, or electrology to have a minimum number of bona fide, full-time students of the proposed school, as specified. This bill would require a school in cosmetology, barbering, or electrology to be approved by the board before operating. The bill would also eliminate the requirements that a school in cosmetology, barbering, or electrology have a specified minimum number of bona fide, full-time students. (6) Existing law authorizes the board to assess administrative fines for a violation of the act or a violation of any rules and regulations adopted by the board pursuant to the act. Existing law requires the board to establish by regulation a board-offered remedial education program, in lieu of a first offense of a health and safety violation, and authorizes the board to impose a fee to cover the reasonable regulatory cost of administering the program. This bill would require the board to require the completion of the course within a specified period of time established by regulation. The bill would require the board to impose the penalty that would have otherwise been imposed for the violation if the course is not completed within the required time period. (7) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
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For purposes of state apportionments based on average daily attendance, as provided, if the average daily attendance of a school district, county office of education, or charter school has been materially decreased during a fiscal year because of a specified emergency, including, among others, the imminence of a major safety hazard as determined by a local law enforcement agency, existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to estimate the average daily attendance in a manner that credits to the school district, county office of education, or charter school approximately the total average daily attendance that would have been credited to the school district, county office of education, or charter school had the emergency not occurred. This bill, for the above-described purposes, would additionally allow a local fire agency to make a determination of the imminence of a major safety hazard. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Existing law requires the State Board of Education, on or before January 31, 2024, to appoint an independent panel of experts for the purpose of creating an approved list of evidence-based, culturally, linguistically, and developmentally appropriate screening instruments for pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 and 2 to assess pupils for risk of reading difficulties, including possible neurological disorders such as dyslexia, as specified. Existing law requires the governing board or body of a school district, county office of education, or charter school serving pupils in kindergarten or grades 1 or 2 to adopt, on or before June 30, 2025, one or more screening instruments from the approved list to assess pupils for risk of reading difficulties, as specified, and commencing no later than the 2025–26 school year, requires those local educational agencies to assess each pupil in kindergarten and grades 1 and 2 for risk of reading difficulties using the screening instrument or instruments adopted by the governing board or body of the local educational agency, as specified. This bill would, on or before July 31, 2027, require the state board to approve and the State Department of Education to post on its internet website criteria and guidance for selecting evidence-based, culturally, linguistically, and developmentally appropriate mathematics diagnostic assessments for pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 and 2 to assess pupils' mathematics knowledge and learning needs and identify pupils in need of additional support. The bill would require the department, on or before January 31, 2028, to (1) publish on its internet website a list of approved diagnostic assessments that meet the criteria, and (2) post on its internet website additional guidance to assist local educational agencies in selecting diagnostic assessments from the approved list, as provided. The bill would require the list to include diagnostic assessments that are developed for both English learners and non-English learners, as provided. The bill would require the state board and the department to solicit stakeholder input when developing the criteria, guidance, and list of diagnostic assessments pursuant to these provisions and to allow for public comment. The bill would authorize the department to periodically update the list of approved assessments. The bill would require the governing board or body of a school district, county office of education, or charter school serving pupils in kindergarten or grades 1 or 2 to adopt, on or before June 30, 2028, one or more diagnostic assessments from the published list of approved diagnostic assessments to assess pupils' mathematics knowledge and learning needs. The bill would authorize a local educational agency to satisfy this requirement by using a diagnostic assessment that is not on the published list if the governing board or body self-certifies that the assessment tool meets the above-described criteria. The bill, commencing no later than the 2028–29 school year, would require those local educational agencies to assess each pupil in kindergarten and grades 1 and 2 for mathematics knowledge using the diagnostic assessment or assessments adopted by the governing board or body of the local educational agency. The bill would require a local educational agency to provide parents or guardians of pupils eligible for assessment with information about the assessment and to make pupil results available to parents or guardians, as required by the state board, as provided. By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require the department, by April 30, 2028, to curate and maintain on its internet website guidance and resources on evidence-based support, intervention, and instructional strategies aligned with the Mathematics Framework for California Public Schools: Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Existing law makes it a crime for a law enforcement officer to wear a facial covering in the performance of their duties, except as specified. Existing law defines law enforcement officer for these purposes as anyone designated by California law as a peace officer who is employed by a city, county, or other local agency, and any officer or agent of a federal law enforcement agency, agency or law enforcement agency of another state, or any person acting on behalf of a federal law enforcement agency. This bill would add peace officers employed by a state agency to the definition of law enforcement officers, thereby making those law enforcement officers subject to those criminal penalties. The bill would specify that facial coverings does not include certain items, including, among other things, sunglasses. The bill would, for all of the items excluded from the definition of facial coverings, limit that exclusion if the items are combined or otherwise used in a manner intended to conceal or obscure an officer's identity. By expanding the scope of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law prohibits any person who is found to have committed an assault, battery, false imprisonment, false arrest, abuse of process, or malicious prosecution, while wearing a facial covering in a knowing and willful violation of these provisions, from asserting any privilege or immunity for their tortious conduct against a claim of civil liability, and makes that person liable for the greater of actual damages or statutory damages of not less than $10,000, whichever is greater. This bill would instead make a person who is found liable for false imprisonment or false arrest liable for those damages if the trier of fact finds that the person knowingly and willfully concealed their identity through the use of a facial covering at the time of the conduct giving rise to liability. Existing law requires a law enforcement agency operating in California to, by July 1, 2026, maintain and publicly post a written policy limiting the use of facial coverings, as specified. Existing law defines a law enforcement agency for these purposes as any entity of a city, county, or other local agency, that employs anyone designated by California law as a peace officer, any federal law enforcement agency, or any law enforcement agency of another state. This bill would add to the definition of law enforcement agency, a state entity that employs a peace officer and would change the date any law enforcement agency has to comply with that requirement to January 1, 2027. The bill would also require those policies to exempt certain surveillance operations related to enforcement of the Fish and Game Code, or similar federal law. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Existing law, the Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists and Hearing Aid Dispensers Licensure Act, until January 1, 2027, establishes the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs for the licensure and regulation of speech-language pathologists, speech-language pathology aides, speech-language pathology assistants, audiologists, dispensing audiologists, and hearing aid dispensers. Existing law, until January 1, 2027, authorizes the board to appoint a person designated as the executive officer to perform duties delegated by the board and vested in them in the act. Existing law makes a violation of the act a misdemeanor. This bill would extend the operation of the board and authorization to appoint an executive officer until January 1, 2031. Existing law specifies that a person holds themselves out to the public as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist by using specified titles. This bill would specify a person also holds themselves out to the public as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist by using a business name with those titles. Existing law requires a supervising speech-language pathologist or supervising audiologist to submit to the board a description of the proposed professional responsibilities of an applicant who is issued a temporary license as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist, as applicable, working under their supervision. This bill would delete that requirement. Existing law requires a speech-language pathologist or audiologist supervising speech-language pathology or audiology aides to register with the board the name of each aide working under their supervision. This bill would prohibit a speech-language pathology or audiology aide from advertising or representing that they hold a license as a speech-language pathologist, speech-language pathology assistant, or audiologist. The bill would prohibit a speech-language pathology or audiology aide, a professional experience license holder, or a speech-language pathology assistant from being the sole proprietor of, or managing or independently operating, a business that engages in the practice of speech-language pathology or audiology. Existing law grants to the board the full authority to investigate and evaluate each applicant applying for a license to practice speech-language pathology or audiology, to determine the admission of the applicant to the examination, or to issue a license. Existing law requires the board to perform all examination functions, to determine the subject matter and scope of the examinations, and to keep recordings of any oral examination for at least 2 years. This bill would delete those provisions and would instead require an applicant to pass an examination approved by the board, which may be conducted by the board or by an organization specified by the board. Existing law requires the board to issue, suspend, and revoke licenses and approvals to practice speech-language pathology and audiology. This bill would also require the board to issue, suspend, and revoke registrations, and would make various provisions in the act applicable to registrants, including requiring registrants to pay a fee not to exceed $25 for issuance of a registration status. Existing law establishes requirements for licensure as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist, including possession of at least a master's degree in speech-language pathology or audiology from an educational institution approved by the board or qualifications deemed equivalent by the board. This bill would expand the list of degrees that would satisfy that requirement to include at least a master's degree in communication disorders, communication sciences and disorders, communicative disorders, or speech, language, or hearing sciences. Existing law, until January 1, 2027, deems a person who holds one of specified clinical competence certificates issued by certain entities to have met certain educational and experience requirements for licensure as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist, as specified. This bill would extend the operation of that provision until January 1, 2031. Existing law establishes continuing education requirements for licensees and requires continuing professional development services to be obtained from accredited institutions of higher learning or organizations approved as continuing education providers, as specified. This bill would revise the list of authorized continuing education providers to include organizations approved as continuing education providers by the California Academy of Audiology, the California Speech-Language-Hearing Association, or the American Medical Association, and continuing professional development services obtained by a federal, state, or local governmental entity. This bill would require the board, upon payment of a $75 fee, to issue a retired license to a licensed speech-language pathologist, speech-language pathology assistant, audiologist, hearing aid dispenser, or dispensing audiologist who holds a license that is current and active or a license that is inactive, and the license is not suspended, revoked, surrendered, or subject to disciplinary action, as specified, subject to satisfaction of specified requirements. Existing law authorizes the board to suspend, revoke, or impose terms and conditions upon the license of any licensee for specified acts, including violating or attempting to violate any provisions of the act. This bill would make those provisions applicable to registrants. Existing law authorizes a person whose license has been revoked or suspended, or who has been placed on probation, to petition the board for reinstatement or modification of penalty, as specified. This bill would make those provisions applicable to a person whose license has been surrendered, as specified. Existing law requires the board to adopt regulations, in collaboration with the State Department of Education, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, and the Advisory Commission on Special Education, that set forth standards and requirements for the adequate supervision of speech-language pathology assistants, including minimum continuing professional development requirements. This bill would prohibit coursework from a master's degree that would qualify an applicant for licensure as a speech-language pathologist from being used, as specified, to satisfy those continuing professional development requirements. Existing law establishes educational requirements for applicants for approval as a speech-language pathology assistant, and specifies that a person who has successfully graduated from a board-approved bachelor's degree program in speech-language pathology or communication disorders is deemed to have satisfied those requirements. This bill would expand the list of degrees that would satisfy those requirements to include a bachelor's degree in communication disorders, speech-language and hearing sciences, communication sciences and disorders, or communicative disorders. Existing law prohibits provisions regulating hearing aid dispensers from being construed to limit the use of a speech aide or other personnel employed by a public school working under the supervision of a speech-language pathologist. This bill would specify that construction applies so long as the speech aide or other personnel is not performing the responsibilities, duties, and functions of a speech-language pathology assistant. This bill would prohibit a person who is not registered as a speech-language pathology assistant from using the title "SLP assistant" or the letters "SLPA," and would prohibit a speech-language pathology assistant from advertising or otherwise representing that they hold a license as a speech-language pathologist. Existing law authorizes hearing aids to be sold by catalog or direct mail, subject to satisfaction of specified requirements. The bill would authorize hearing aids to be sold online. Existing law makes it unlawful for an individual to engage in the practice of fitting or selling hearing aids without a license, except as specified. This bill would specify that some of those provisions apply to hearing aid dispensers instead of licensees, and would change some of those provisions so they apply to an address or addresses instead of a place of business. Relative to the regulation of hearing aid dispensers, existing law requires a licensee to apply for and procure a duplicate license if the licensee maintains more than one place of business, as specified. Existing law authorizes a hearing aid dispenser to engage on a temporary basis in the practice of fitting or selling hearing aids at the primary or branch location of another licensee's business without obtaining a duplicate license if certain requirements are satisfied. This bill would instead require a hearing aid dispenser engaged in the practice of fitting or selling hearing aids at more than one place of business to apply for and procure a branch office license, as specified. The bill would define "temporary basis" for purposes of the provisions described above. Existing law imposes certain restrictions and requirements on licensed hearing aid dispensers related to the scope of their duties, including prohibiting a licensed hearing aid dispenser from selling a hearing aid to a person 16 years of age or younger, except as specified, and exempts from those restrictions and requirements a licensed dispensing audiologist, as specified. This bill would expand the list of restrictions and requirements applicable to licensed hearing aid dispensers that licensed dispensing audiologists are exempt from to include, among other things, provisions prohibiting a licensed hearing aid dispenser from making or seeking referrals for testing, fitting, or dispensing of hearing aids in connection with the conduction of hearing screenings, as specified. Existing law establishes a fee of $100 for an initial temporary license, and a fee of $100 for renewal of a temporary license for hearing aid dispensers. This bill would instead establish that fee for an initial temporary or trainee licensee, and a fee of $100 for renewal of a trainee license. The bill would revise and recast certain provisions related to temporary licenses. The bill would also change some provisions related to hearing aid dispensers so they apply to an address or addresses instead of a place of business. Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of dispensing audiologists by the board. This bill would revise and recast certain of those provisions and would require a dispensing audiologist to submit documentation to the board that they have satisfied specified continuing education requirements. The bill would provide that a dispensing audiologist license expires on its assigned renewal date, unless licensee applies to the board for renewal, as specified, and would establish requirements for the renewal of an expired license. The bill would specify that a suspended dispensing audiologist license is subject to expiration and shall be renewed, as provided, but renewal does not entitle the holder of the license to engaging in the fitting or selling of hearing aids until it is reinstated. The bill would specify that a license that has been revoked is subject to expiration and shall not be renewed, and would establish requirements for reinstatement. Existing law prohibits a licensed audiologist from selling hearing aids to a person 16 years of age or younger, except if specified conditions are satisfied. This bill would delete that provision. Existing law defines certain terms for the purposes of the Act, including, among others, "hearing aid dispenser" to mean a person engaged in the practice of fitting or selling hearing aids to an individual with impaired hearing. The bill would make other definitional, technical, and conforming changes, including defining "hearing aid dispenser" as a person who is issued a permanent license pursuant to these provisions, revising the definitions of "license" and "licensee." By imposing additional requirements and prohibitions on persons subject to the act, a violation of which is a crime, the bill would expand the scope of a crime thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
(1) Existing law, the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act (act) , provides for the creation and regulation of common interest developments. Existing law defines "management services" for purposes of a common interest development to mean specified acts performed or offered to be performed in an advisory capacity for an association, including implementing provisions of governing documents for the operation of the common interest development. This bill would revise the above definition to specify that it means acts performed or offered to be performed by an agent, including a managing agent and its employees, in an advisory capacity for an association, as prescribed. Existing law imposes certain fiduciary duties on managers and agents of common interest developments. This bill would provide that a managing agent, including its employees, that facilitates specified activities, including reviewing association operating accounts, owes a duty of care that is prudent and provides the highest good faith effort to the association and its members. (2) Existing law requires a common interest development to be managed by an association and requires the association to distribute to its members an annual budget that includes, among other things, a summary of the association's property, general liability, earthquake, flood, and fidelity insurance policies, a review of the financial statement of the association, and an annual policy statement, as provided. Existing law requires the owner of a separate interest in a common interest development to provide specified documents to a prospective purchaser as soon as practicable before the transfer of title or execution of a real property sales contract, including a copy of the most recent distributed annual budget, review of the financial statement, and annual policy statement and a report issued pursuant to the most recent inspection conducted. This bill would require the association, upon request, to provide the owner of a separate interest, or their agent, with those documents as soon as practicable. The bill would require the owner to provide additional information, including, among other things, if separately requested by the purchaser, the location on the first page of the report where certain facts about the exterior elevated elements and the number of units impacted may be found. The bill would make various other related and conforming changes to those provisions. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 5200 of the Civil Code proposed by AB 739 to be operative only if this bill and AB 739 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 5550 of the Civil Code proposed by AB 2050 to be operative only if this bill and AB 2050 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
The Manufactured Housing Act of 1980 sets forth various standards relating to manufactured homes, mobilehomes, special purpose commercial coaches, and commercial coaches, including, but not limited to, construction and alteration of those homes. Existing law, including the Manufactured Housing Act of 1980 and the Uniform Commercial Code–Secured Transactions, defines the term "manufactured home" for various purposes to mean a structure that, among other things, is transportable in one or more sections, is 8 body feet or more in width, or 40 body feet or more in length, in the traveling mode, or, when erected on site, is 320 or more square feet, and is built on a permanent chassis. This bill would modify that definition to mean a structure that was constructed on or after June 15, 1976, with or without a foundation system, and has the same meaning as defined in specified federal law. Existing law, pursuant to the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, authorizes the Department of Housing and Community Development to assume responsibility for the enforcement of manufactured home and mobilehome construction and safety standards relating to any issue with respect to which a federal standard has been established. Existing law also authorizes the department to adopt regulations to ensure acceptance by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of California's plan for the administration and enforcement of federal manufactured home and mobilehome safety and construction standards. Existing law makes any person who knowingly violates any provision of the Manufactured Housing Act of 1980 or any rule or regulation issued pursuant to that act, except as specified, guilty of a misdemeanor. This bill would require the department, by July 1, 2027, to review, revise, and adopt regulations to permit the construction, installation, sale, and occupancy of a manufactured home built without a permanent chassis in parity with those applicable to a manufactured home built with a permanent chassis. The bill would exempt those regulations from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. The bill would also require the department to report to the Legislature by July 1, 2027, on the status of the above-described regulations. This bill would require the department, by July 1, 2029, to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature evaluating the statutory and administrative changes necessary to regulate, finance, title, tax, and protect homeowners in divided-tenure and leasehold homeownership arrangements, as specified, and to contract with appropriate outside parties who shall consult with certain entities, including county assessors and recorders, in preparing that report. By imposing additional duties on local officials, and by expanding the scope of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
(1) Existing law, the Nursing Practice Act, establishes the Board of Registered Nursing within the Department of Consumer Affairs, until January 1, 2027, and sets forth its powers and duties regarding the licensure and regulation of registered nurses. Existing law creates the Board of Registered Nursing Fund and makes all moneys in the fund available upon appropriation by the Legislature. A violation of the act is a crime. Existing law requires the board, until January 1, 2027, to appoint an executive officer to perform the duties delegated by the board and to be responsible to the board for the accomplishment of those duties, as specified. Existing law requires the board, for the purpose of transacting its business, to meet at least once every 3 months, at times and places it designates by resolution, and requires those meetings to be held in northern and southern California. This bill would extend those dates until January 1, 2031. The bill would remove the above-described location requirements for meetings held by the board, and, instead, require the board to meet at least once every 3 months in locations that are, to the extent practicable, geographically diverse. (2) Existing law specifies that an approved school of nursing, or an approved nursing program, is one that, among other things, gives a course of instruction approved by the board, as specified. Existing law requires the board to prepare and maintain a list of approved schools of nursing whose graduates are eligible to apply for a license to practice nursing, as provided. Existing law requires the board, through its executive officer, to inspect all schools of nursing in the state at the times the board deems necessary, as specified. This bill would require the board to make the list of approved schools of nursing available on its internet website. The bill would require the inspection criteria to be consistent with the 2020 Nursing Education Approval Guidelines established by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, or its successor, as specified. Existing law requires an approved school of nursing or a nursing program to meet a minimum of 500 direct patient care clinical hours in a board-approved clinical setting, as specified, and requires additional clinical hours required by the program for nursing education preparation in each nursing area as specified by the board to be identified and documented in the curriculum plan for each area. The bill would require any clinical practice hours that are not required to be in direct patient care and are provided using simulation experiences to be based on the best practices published by, among other specified entities, the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning, or based on any equivalent standards approved by the board. Existing law authorizes the director of an approved nursing program, until the end of the 2023–24 academic year, or whenever the Governor declares a state of emergency for a county in which an agency or facility used by an approved nursing program for direct patient care clinical practice is no longer available, to submit to a board nursing education consultant requests to, among other things, allow the program to reduce the required number of direct patient care hours to, among other requirements, 50% in geriatrics and medical-surgical, if certain conditions are met. Existing law prohibits the approval of that request after the 2023–24 academic year and makes an approved request expire at the end of that year. This bill would, instead, authorize a director to submit requests for the approved nursing program to reduce the required number of direct patient care hours to 200 hours in medical-surgical, as specified, if certain conditions are met. The bill would remove the prohibition of the approval of that request after the 2023–24 year and the provision making any an approved request expire at the end of that year. If the board requires the approval of the faculty or directors, as specified, existing law authorizes the board to approve an individual to serve as a member of the faculty, director, or assistant director of an approved school of nursing or nursing program. Existing law makes an individual approval valid for 5 years and authorizes an individual approval to be renewed if the individual demonstrates to the board that they continue to meet the requirements established by the board for faculty, directors, and assistant directors of an approved school of nursing or nursing program. This bill would, instead, make only an individual faculty approval valid for 5 years and authorize only an individual faculty approval to be renewed if the individual demonstrates to the board that they continue to meet the requirements established by the board for faculty of an approved school of nursing or nursing program. If an applicant for approval has a faculty position and does not meet a requirement established by the board for a different position, existing law authorizes the board to accept a remediation plan submitted by an approved school of nursing or nursing program to help the applicant meet the requirement, and if the board accepts the plan, to approve the applicant to instruct in theory under the mentorship and supervision of the content expert identified in the plan for up to one year. If an applicant for approval as an assistant director or director does not have a faculty position and does not meet a requirement established by the board for a different position, the bill would authorize the board to accept a remediation plan submitted by an approved school of nursing or nursing program to help the applicant meet the requirement, and if the board accepts the plan, to approve the applicant to serve in the role of the assistant director under the mentorship of a board-approved director or assistant director while completing the remediation plan for up to one year, as specified. (3) Existing law defines the practice of nursing to include specified activities, including the administration of medications ordered by a physician and surgeon, dentist, podiatrist, or clinical psychologist, as specified. This bill would expand the definition of the practice of nursing to include the administration of medications ordered by a nurse practitioner or certified nurse midwife and the administration of medications as directed by an advanced practice registered nurse to the extent allowable by the advanced practice registered nurse's scope of practice. (4) Existing law requires the board to issue a license as a registered nurse to each applicant who passes the examination and meets all other licensing requirements. Existing law requires all examinations to be written, but authorizes exams in the discretion of the board to be supplemented by an oral or practical examination in subjects the board determines. This bill would remove the requirement that all examinations be written, and the authorization for exams to be supplemented by an oral or practical examination in subjects the board determines. Existing law authorizes a registered nurse under current investigation by the board to request entry into an intervention program by contacting the board. Existing law requires each registered nurse who requests participation in an intervention program to agree to cooperate with the rehabilitation program designed by the intervention evaluation committee and approved by the program manager, as defined. This bill would require the committee, in developing the rehabilitation program, to determine whether a participant is required to practice nursing prior to completion of the program. Existing law requires each person renewing their license as a registered nurse to submit proof satisfactory to the board that, during the preceding 2-year period, they have been informed of the developments in the registered nurse field or in any special area of practice engaged in by the licensee, occurring since the last renewal thereof, either by pursuing a course or courses of continuing education in the registered nurse field or relevant to the practice of the licensee, as specified, or by other means deemed equivalent by the board. This bill would, beginning January 1, 2029, require the board to require each licensee to submit the above-described proof at the time of renewal and require the proof to include, but not be limited to, documentation verifying the completion of the continuing education requirements during the preceding renewal period or the preceding 2 years. Existing law authorizes a registered nurse whose license has been revoked or suspended or who has been placed on probation to petition the board for reinstatement or modification of penalty, as specified, subject to specified time periods. This bill would specify that no minimum time period applies if the registered nurse has had their license revoked by default for failure to submit a notice of defense. (5) Existing law requires the board to issue a certificate to practice nurse-midwifery to a person licensed as a registered nurse who meets specified qualifications. Existing law authorizes a certified nurse-midwife to attend cases of low-risk pregnancy and childbirth and to provide certain types of care, including prenatal care. Existing law generally authorizes a certified nurse-midwife to furnish drugs or devices incidentally to the provision of, among other things, the care and services described above. Existing law makes the furnishing or ordering of drugs or devices by a certified nurse-midwife conditional on the issuance by the board of a number to the applicant who has successfully completed certain requirements. Existing law authorizes the board to issue a furnishing number upon initial application and, if approved by the board, prohibits requiring the applicant from having to make a separate application. Existing law authorizes the board to charge an applicant a fee to cover all necessary costs to implement these provisions that is no more than $1,500 for an initial application or $1,000 for a renewal application, and to charge a penalty fee for failure to renew a furnishing number within the prescribed time that is no more than $500. This bill would authorize the board to also issue a furnishing number described above upon renewal application, and would remove the authorization for the board to charge a penalty fee for failure to renew a furnishing number within the prescribed time. The bill would specify that the initial application and renewal application are those for a certificate to practice nurse-midwifery. (6) Existing law, the Nurse Anesthetists Act, which is part of the Nursing Practice Act, requires the board to issue a certificate to practice nurse anesthesia to a person licensed as a registered nurse who meets specified qualifications. Existing law fixes the amounts of fees in connection with the issuance of certificates of nurse anesthetists, including that the fee to be paid upon the filing of an application for a certificate is fixed by the board at not less than $500 and no more than $1,500. This bill would remove the minimum fee amount for the above-described fees. (7) Existing law requires, on and after January 1, 2008, an applicant for initial qualification or certification as a nurse practitioner who has not been qualified or certified as a nurse practitioner in California or any other state to meet certain requirements, including holding a valid and active registered nursing license. Existing law generally authorizes a nurse practitioner to furnish drugs or devices when certain conditions are met, including that the nurse practitioner is functioning pursuant to standardized procedure, as defined, or protocol, as specified. Existing law makes the furnishing or ordering of drugs or devices by a nurse practitioner conditional on the issuance by the board of a number to an applicant who has successfully completed certain requirements. Existing law authorizes the board to issue a furnishing number upon initial application and, if approved by the board, prohibits requiring the applicant from having to make a separate application. Existing law authorizes the board to charge an applicant a fee to cover all necessary costs to implement these provisions that is no more than $1,500 for an initial application or $1,000 for a renewal application, and to charge a penalty fee for failure to renew a furnishing number within the prescribed time that is no more than $500. This bill would authorize the board to also issue a furnishing number described above upon renewal application, and would remove the authorization for the board to charge a penalty fee for failure to renew a furnishing number within the prescribed time. The bill would specify that the initial application and renewal application are those for the qualification or certification as a nurse practitioner. Existing law authorizes a nurse practitioner to perform certain functions, including conducting an advanced assessment, without standardized procedures in accordance with their education and training, as specified, if the nurse practitioner meets certain requirements, including that they have completed a transition to practice in California of a minimum of 3 full-time equivalent years of practice or 4600 hours, as specified. This bill would also authorize the completion of a transition to practice in another state, as described above, for purposes of that requirement. For purposes of a transition to practice completed in another state, the bill would require the board to, among other things, on or before January 1, 2028, identify states where practice experience would meet or exceed the requirements under specified provisions if obtained in this state. (8) Existing law requires a registered nurse applying to be a clinical nurse specialist for the evaluation of their qualifications to use that title to pay a nonrefundable fee of not less than $500 but not exceeding $1,500, and requires a fee to be paid for a temporary certificate to practice as a clinical nurse special to be not less than $30 but no more than $50. Existing law requires a biennial renewal fee to be paid upon submission of an application to renew the clinical nurse specialist certificate, and to be established by the board at no less than $150 and not more than $1,000. Existing law requires the penalty fee for failure to renew a certificate within the prescribed time to be 50% of the renewal fee in effect on the date of the renewal of the license to be not less than $75 and no more than $500. This bill would delete the minimum fee amounts prescribed above. (9) The bill would also make various nonsubstantive changes to various nursing related provisions.
The Donahoe Higher Education Act sets forth the missions and functions of California's public segments of higher education and their respective institutions of higher education. The California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California are the 3 public segments of postsecondary education in the state. Provisions of the act apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California act, by appropriate resolution, to make them applicable. This bill would establish the Cal-Bridge Program as a fully intersegmental partnership program between the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California to create a pathway that promotes the advancement of California's diverse undergraduate public postsecondary student population who major in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines to pursue STEM doctors of philosophy (PhDs) and become members of California's professorate or leaders in California's technology industry. The bill would specify the goals of the Cal-Bridge Program, including, among others, preparing students to apply to PhD programs in STEM disciplines, as specified. The bill would include 5 Cal-Bridge subprograms to provide resources, research opportunities, and financial support to qualifying public postsecondary undergraduate, PhD, and postdoctoral STEM scholars. The bill would also establish the ENLACE Program as an operationally independent program that works in collaboration with the Cal-Bridge Program to create pathways that prepare California's high school and college students for all levels of postsecondary STEM education and the state's STEM workforce, as specified. The bill would require the ENLACE Program to consist of the ENLACE High School and Undergraduate Program to provide support to qualifying students in high school and undergraduate studies across all STEM disciplines at public postsecondary educational institutions, as specified. The bill would authorize funding appropriated for purposes of the Cal-Bridge Program or the ENLACE Program to be used for specified activities. The bill would require the Cal-Bridge Program to submit an annual programmatic progress report to the office of the President of the University of California that includes data on implementation of the Cal-Bridge Program's activities and the allocation of funding for those activities, as specified. The bill would apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by appropriate resolution, make it applicable.
Existing law authorizes a county board of supervisors to appropriate and expend county general fund money to establish county programs or fund other programs to meet various social needs of the county population and the needs of physically, mentally, and financially handicapped persons and aged persons. Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors to contract with other public agencies, private agencies, or individuals to operate programs that the board of supervisors determines will serve public purposes. Existing law prohibits an Orange County Board of Supervisors member from awarding district discretionary funds to a community organization or a nonprofit organization unless the board of supervisors approves that award by a majority vote. Existing law requires the Orange County Board of Supervisors to post on its internet website a log of appropriated district discretionary funds at the end of each quarter, as specified. Existing law prohibits, within 90 days preceding an election, an Orange County Board of Supervisors member who is on the ballot as an Orange County Board of Supervisors member candidate and has an opponent on that ballot from taking any action related to spending district discretionary funds, as specified. This bill would prohibit the Alameda County Board of Supervisors from awarding discretionary funds, as defined, to a community organization, nonprofit organization, or private entity, unless the board of supervisors approves that award by a majority vote and the award includes a description of how the award provides resources of communitywide significance for the district that the member of the board requesting the award represents and identifies the public purposes, as defined, that the award will serve. The bill would prohibit the Alameda County Board of Supervisors from appropriating discretionary funds for an award that is not for a public purpose and from appropriating any funds in a way that allows a member, or less than a majority, of the board to appropriate funds, as specified. The bill would require the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to post on its internet website a log of appropriated discretionary funds at the end of each quarter, as specified. The bill would prohibit, within 90 days before an election, an Alameda County Board of Supervisors member who is on the ballot as an Alameda County Board of Supervisors member candidate from, among other things, placing an agenda item seeking approval to appropriate discretionary funds on the agenda for a meeting of the board. The bill would prohibit discretionary funds from being awarded at a special meeting or on the consent calendar. The bill would make its provisions severable. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for County of Alameda.