SECTIONS 2810-2815.7

2810.  There is established in the State Treasury a Board ofRegistered Nursing Fund. The California Board of Nursing Educationand Nurse Registration Fund of the State of California is abolished.The Controller, on, January 1, 1975, shall transfer any balance inthat fund to the Board of Registered Nursing Fund. Any reference instate law to the Board of Nurse Examiners Fund or the Board of NurseExaminers Fund of the State of California shall be construed to referto the Board of Registered Nursing Fund.2811.  (a) Each person holding a regular renewable license underthis chapter, whether in an active or inactive status, shall applyfor a renewal of his license and pay the biennial renewal feerequired by this chapter each two years on or before the last day ofthe month following the month in which his birthday occurs, beginningwith the second birthday following the date on which the license wasissued, whereupon the board shall renew the license. (b) Each such license not renewed in accordance with this sectionshall expire but may within a period of eight years thereafter bereinstated upon payment of the biennial renewal fee and penalty feerequired by this chapter and upon submission of such proof of theapplicant's qualifications as may be required by the board, exceptthat during such eight-year period no examination shall be requiredas a condition for the reinstatement of any such expired licensewhich has lapsed solely by reason of nonpayment of the renewal fee.After the expiration of such eight-year period the board may requireas a condition of reinstatement that the applicant pass suchexamination as it deems necessary to determine his present fitness toresume the practice of professional nursing. (c) A license in an inactive status may be restored to an activestatus if the licensee meets the continuing education standards ofSection 2811.5.2811.5.  (a) Each person renewing his or her license under Section2811 shall submit proof satisfactory to the board that, during thepreceding two-year period, he or she has been informed of thedevelopments in the registered nurse field or in any special area ofpractice engaged in by the licensee, occurring since the last renewalthereof, either by pursuing a course or courses of continuingeducation in the registered nurse field or relevant to the practiceof the licensee, and approved by the board, or by other means deemedequivalent by the board. (b) For purposes of this section, the board shall, by regulation,establish standards for continuing education. The standards shall beestablished in a manner to assure that a variety of alternative formsof continuing education are available to licensees, including, butnot limited to, academic studies, in-service education, institutes,seminars, lectures, conferences, workshops, extension studies, andhome study programs. The standards shall take cognizance ofspecialized areas of practice. The continuing education standardsestablished by the board shall not exceed 30 hours of directparticipation in a course or courses approved by the board, or itsequivalent in the units of measure adopted by the board. (c) The board shall encourage continuing education in spousal orpartner abuse detection and treatment. In the event the boardestablishes a requirement for continuing education coursework inspousal or partner abuse detection or treatment, that requirementshall be met by each licensee within no more than four years from thedate the requirement is imposed. (d) In establishing standards for continuing education, the boardshall consider including a course in the special care needs ofindividuals and their families facing end-of-life issues, including,but not limited to, all of the following: (1) Pain and symptom management. (2) The psycho-social dynamics of death. (3) Dying and bereavement. (4) Hospice care. (e) In establishing standards for continuing education, the boardmay include a course on pain management. (f) This section shall not apply to licensees during the first twoyears immediately following their initial licensure in California orany other governmental jurisdiction. (g) The board may, in accordance with the intent of this section,make exceptions from continuing education requirements for licenseesresiding in another state or country, or for reasons of health,military service, or other good cause.2811.6.  Providers of continuing education programs approved by theboard pursuant to Section 2811.5 shall make available for boardinspection records of continuing education courses given toregistered nurses.2812.  Within 10 days after the beginning of each month, the boardshall report to the State Controller the amount and source of allcollections made under this chapter. At the same time, all amountsshall be paid into the State Treasury, where they shall be placed tothe credit of the Board of Registered Nursing Fund and to theRegistered Nurse Education Fund, as specified in Section 128400 ofthe Health and Safety Code.2814.  All money in the Board of Registered Nursing Fund is herebyappropriated to carry out the provisions of this chapter, and thepromotion of nursing education in this state.2815.  Subject to the provisions of Section 128.5, the amount of thefees prescribed by this chapter in connection with the issuance oflicenses for registered nurses under its provisions is that fixed bythe following schedule: (a) The fee to be paid upon the filing of an application for alicensure by examination shall be fixed by the board at not less thanseventy-five dollars ($75) nor more than one hundred fifty dollars($150). (b) The fee to be paid for taking each examination shall be theactual cost to purchase an examination from a vendor approved by theboard. (c) The fee to be paid for application for licensure byendorsement shall be fixed by the board at not less than fiftydollars ($50) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). (d) The biennial fee to be paid upon the filing of an applicationfor renewal of the license shall be not less than seventy-fivedollars ($75) nor more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150). Inaddition, an assessment of ten dollars ($10) shall be collected andcredited to the Registered Nurse Education Fund, pursuant to Section2815.1. (e) The penalty fee for failure to renew a license within theprescribed time shall be fixed by the board at not more than 50percent of the regular renewal fee, but not less than thirty-sevendollars ($37) nor more than seventy-five dollars ($75). (f) The fee to be paid for approval of a continuing educationprovider shall be fixed by the board at not less than two hundreddollars ($200) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300). (g) The biennial fee to be paid upon the filing of an applicationfor renewal of provider approval shall be fixed by the board at notless than two hundred dollars ($200) nor more than three hundreddollars ($300). (h) The penalty fee for failure to renew provider approval withinthe prescribed time shall be fixed at not more than 50 percent of theregular renewal fee, but not less than one hundred dollars ($100)nor more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150). (i) The penalty for submitting insufficient funds or fictitiouscheck, draft or order on any bank or depository for payment of anyfee to the board shall be fixed at not less than fifteen dollars($15) nor more than thirty dollars ($30). (j) The fee to be paid for an interim permit shall be fixed by theboard at not less than thirty dollars ($30) nor more than fiftydollars ($50). (k) The fee to be paid for a temporary license shall be fixed bythe board at not less than thirty dollars ($30) nor more than fiftydollars ($50). (l) The fee to be paid for processing endorsement papers to otherstates shall be fixed by the board at not less than sixty dollars($60) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). (m) The fee to be paid for a certified copy of a school transcriptshall be fixed by the board at not less than thirty dollars ($30)nor more than fifty dollars ($50). (n) The fee to be paid for a duplicate license shall be fixed bythe board at not less than thirty dollars ($30) nor more than fiftydollars ($50). (o) The fee to be paid by a registered nurse for an evaluation ofhis or her qualifications to use the title "nurse practitioner" shallbe fixed by the board at not less than seventy-five dollars ($75)nor more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150). No further fee shall be required for a license or a renewalthereof other than as prescribed by this chapter.2815.1.  As provided in subdivision (d) of Section 2815, the Boardof Registered Nursing shall collect an additional ten dollar ($10)assessment at the time of the biennial licensure renewal. This amountshall be credited to the Registered Nurse Education Fund. Thisassessment is separate from those fees prescribed in Section 2815.2815.5.  The amount of the fees prescribed by this chapter inconnection with the issuance of certificates as nurse-midwives isthat fixed by the following schedule: (a) The fee to be paid upon the filing of an application for acertificate shall be fixed by the board at not less than seventy-fivedollars ($75) nor more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150). (b) The biennial fee to be paid upon the application for a renewalof a certificate shall be fixed by the board at not less than fiftydollars ($50) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). (c) The penalty fee for failure to renew a certificate within theprescribed time shall be 50 percent of the renewal fee in effect onthe date of the renewal of the license, but not less than twenty-fivedollars ($25) nor more than fifty dollars ($50). (d) The fee to be paid upon the filing of an application for thenurse-midwife equivalency examination shall be fixed by the board atnot less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than two hundreddollars ($200).2815.7.  The board shall report to the appropriate policy and fiscalcommittees of each house of the Legislature whenever the boardproposes or adopts an increase in any fee imposed pursuant to thischapter. The board shall specify the reasons for each fee increaseand shall identify the percentage of the funds derived from anincrease in any fee that will be used for investigational orenforcement related activities by the board.