California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 1 - Administration

• Section 2700.
  This chapter of the Business and Professions Code constitutes the chapter on professional nursing and shall be construed as revisory and amendatory of the laws...
• Section 2701.
  (a) There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs the Board of Registered Nursing consisting of nine members.(b) For purposes of this chapter, “board,” or “the board,”...
• Section 2702.
  (a) Each member of the board shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State of California.(b) Four members shall represent the...
• Section 2703.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), all appointments shall be for a term of four years and vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term....
• Section 2706.
  The Governor has the power to remove any member of the board from office for neglect of any duty required by law, or for incompetency,...
• Section 2707.
  The board shall annually elect from its members a president, vice president, and any other officers as it may deem necessary. The officers of the...
• Section 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...
• Section 2708.1.
  Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the Board of Registered Nursing in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever the...
• Section 2709.
  The board for the purpose of transacting its business shall meet at least once every three months, at times and places it designates by resolution....
• Section 2709.5.
  The board shall accept in payment of any fee required by this chapter cash or any customary or generally accepted medium of exchange, including check,...
• Section 2710.
  Special meetings may be held at such times as the board may elect, or on the call of the president of the board, or of...
• Section 2710.5.
  The board, with permission of the Director of the Department of Consumer Affairs, may form advisory committees to advise the board on the implementation of...
• Section 2712.
  Five members of the board constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting.(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1055, Sec. 1.)
• Section 2713.
  The board shall keep a record of all its proceedings, including a register of all applicants for licenses under this chapter and the action of...
• Section 2714.
  The office of the board shall be in the city of Sacramento. Suboffices may be established in Los Angeles and San Francisco and such records...
• Section 2715.
  (a) The board shall prosecute all persons guilty of violating this chapter.(b) Except as provided by Section 159.5, the board, in accordance with the Civil Service Law,...
• Section 2716.
  Each member of the board shall receive a per diem and expenses as provided in Section 103.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1645.)
• Section 2717.
  (a) The board shall collect and analyze workforce data from its licensees for future workforce planning. The board may collect the data at the time of...

Last modified: October 22, 2018