California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 8 - Nurse Practitioners

• Section 2834.
  The Legislature finds that various and conflicting definitions of the nurse practitioner are being created by state agencies and private organizations within California. The Legislature...
• Section 2835.
  No person shall advertise or hold himself out as a “nurse practitioner” who is not a nurse licensed under this chapter and does not, in...
• Section 2835.5.
  On and after January 1, 2008, an applicant for initial qualification or certification as a nurse practitioner under this article who has not been qualified...
• Section 2835.7.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in addition to any other practices that meet the general criteria set forth in statute or regulation for inclusion...
• Section 2836.
  (a) The board shall establish categories of nurse practitioners and standards for nurses to hold themselves out as nurse practitioners in each category. Such standards shall...
• Section 2836.1.
  Neither this chapter nor any other provision of law shall be construed to prohibit a nurse practitioner from furnishing or ordering drugs or devices when...
• Section 2836.2.
  Furnishing or ordering of drugs or devices by nurse practitioners is defined to mean the act of making a pharmaceutical agent or agents available to...
• Section 2836.3.
  (a) The furnishing of drugs or devices by nurse practitioners is conditional on issuance by the board of a number to the nurse applicant who has...
• Section 2836.4.
  Neither this chapter nor any other provision of law shall be construed to prohibit a nurse practitioner from furnishing or ordering buprenorphine when done in...
• Section 2837.
  Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit the current scope of practice of a registered nurse authorized pursuant to this chapter.(Added by Stats....

Last modified: October 22, 2018