2890. The Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians Fund is
hereby created in the State Treasury.
2892. Licenses issued under this chapter prior to January 1, 1974,
shall, unless renewed, expire on the last day of the month following
the month in 1974 in which the licensee's birthday occurs and at
two-year intervals thereafter on the last day of the month following
the month in which the licensee's birthday occurs. Licenses issued
under this chapter on or after January 1, 1974, shall, unless
renewed, expire at two-year intervals on the last day of the month
following the month in which the licensee's birthday occurs,
beginning with the second birthday following the date on which the
license was issued. To renew an unexpired license, the licensee
shall, on or before each of the dates on which it would otherwise
expire, apply for renewal on a form prescribed by the board and pay
the renewal fee prescribed by this chapter.
The board shall give written notice to a licensee 30 days in
advance of the renewal date and, 90 days in advance of the expiration
of the fourth year that a renewal fee has not been paid, shall give
written notice to the licensee informing the licensee in general
terms of the provisions of Section 2892.4.
2892.1. Except as provided in Sections 2892.3 and 2892.5, an
expired license may be renewed at any time within four years after
its expiration upon filing of an application for renewal on a form
prescribed by the board, payment of all accrued and unpaid renewal
fees, and payment of any fees due pursuant to Section 2895.1.
If the license is renewed more than 30 days after its expiration,
the licensee, as a condition precedent to renewal, shall also pay the
delinquency fee prescribed by this chapter. Renewal under this
section shall be effective on the date on which the application is
filed, on the date on which all renewal fees are paid, or on the date
on which the delinquency fee is paid, whichever last occurs. If so
renewed, the license shall continue in effect through the date
provided in Section 2892 which next occurs after the effective date
of the renewal, when it shall expire if it is not again renewed.
2892.2. A suspended license is subject to expiration and shall be
renewed as provided in this article, but such renewal does not
entitle the licensee, while the license remains suspended and until
it is reinstated, to engage in the licensed activity, or in any other
activity or conduct in violation of the order or judgment by which
the license was suspended.
2892.3. A revoked license is subject to expiration as provided in
this article, but it may not be renewed. If it is reinstated after
its expiration, the licensee, as a condition precedent to its
reinstatement, shall pay a reinstatement fee in an amount equal to
the renewal fee in effect on the date the application for
reinstatement is filed, plus the delinquency fee, if any, accrued at
the time of its revocation.
2892.4. A license which is not renewed within four years after its
expiration may not be renewed, restored, reissued, or reinstated
thereafter, but the holder of the license may apply for and obtain a
new license if all of the following conditions are met:
(a) No fact, circumstance, or condition exists which, if the
license were issued, would justify its revocation or suspension.
(b) The applicant pays all of the fees that would be required of
an applicant for a new license.
(c) The applicant takes and passes the examination which would be
required of an applicant for a new license. The examination may be
waived in any case in which the applicant establishes to the
satisfaction of the board that, with due regard for the public
interest, the applicant is qualified to engage in the practice of
vocational nursing.
The board may, by appropriate regulation, provide for the waiver
or refund of all or any part of the application fee in those cases in
which a license is issued without an examination under this section.
2892.5. (a) Each person renewing his or her license under the
provisions of this chapter shall submit proof satisfactory to the
board that, during the preceding two-year period, he or she has
informed himself or herself of developments in the vocational nurse
field or in any special area of vocational nurse practice, occurring
since the issuance of his or her certificate, or the last renewal
thereof, whichever last occurred, either by pursuing a course or
courses of continuing education approved by the board in the
vocational nurse field or relevant to the practice of such licensee,
and approved by the board; or by other means deemed equivalent by the
board.
(b) For purposes of this section, the board shall, by regulation,
establish standards for continuing education. The standards shall be
established in a manner to assure that a variety of alternative forms
of continuing education are available to licensees including, but
not limited to, academic studies, in-service education, institutes,
seminars, lectures, conferences, workshops, extension studies, and
home study programs. The standards shall take cognizance of
specialized areas of practice. The continuing education standards
established by the board shall not exceed 30 hours of direct
participation in a course or courses approved by the board, or its
equivalent in the units of measure adopted by the board.
(c) This section shall not apply to the first license renewal
following the initial issuance of a license.
(d) The board may, in accordance with the intent of this section,
make exceptions from continuing education for licensees residing in
another state or country, or for reasons of health, military service,
or other good cause.
This section shall become operative on July 1, 1980.
2892.6. The board shall collect a biennial fee, not to exceed two
hundred dollars ($200), from any provider of a course in continuing
education who requests approval by the board of such course for
purposes of continuing education requirements under this chapter.
That fee, however, shall in no event exceed that cost required for
the board to administer the approval of continuing education courses
by continuing education providers.
2893. At least once in every calendar month, the board shall
furnish the Controller a detailed statement of all moneys collected
by the board under this chapter or from any other source, and, at the
same time, shall pay the amount thereof to the Treasurer. On order
of the Controller, the amount so paid shall be deposited in the State
Treasury to the credit of the Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric
Technicians Fund and to the Vocational Nurse Education Fund, as
specified in Section 128500 of the Health and Safety Code.
2894. All money in the Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric
Technicians Fund shall be used to carry out the provisions of this
chapter, including the promotion of nursing education in this state,
and for the refund, in accordance with law, of license fees or other
moneys paid into the Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians
Fund under the provisions of this chapter.
Claims against the Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians
Fund shall be audited by the Controller, and shall be paid by the
Treasurer upon warrants drawn by the Controller.
2895. The amount of the fees prescribed by this chapter in
connection with the issuance of licenses under its provisions is that
fixed by the following schedule:
(a) The fee to be paid upon the filing of an application shall be
in an amount not less than seventy-five dollars ($75) and may be
fixed by the board at an amount no more than one hundred fifty
dollars ($150).
(b) The fee to be paid for taking each examination shall be the
actual cost to purchase the examination from a vendor approved by the
board.
(c) The fee to be paid for any examination after the first shall
be in an amount not less than seventy-five dollars ($75) and may be
fixed by the board at an amount no more than one hundred fifty
dollars ($150).
(d) The biennial renewal fee to be paid upon the filing of an
application for renewal shall be in an amount not less than one
hundred dollars ($100) and may be fixed by the board at an amount no
more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150). In addition, an
assessment of five dollars ($5) shall be collected and credited to
the Vocational Nurse Education Fund, pursuant to Section 2895.5.
(e) Notwithstanding Section 163.5, the delinquency fee for failure
to pay the biennial renewal fee within the prescribed time shall be
in an amount not less than fifty dollars ($50) and may be fixed by
the board at not more than 50 percent of the regular renewal fee and
in no case more than seventy-five dollars ($75).
(f) The initial license fee is an amount equal to the biennial
renewal fee in effect on the date the application for the license is
filed.
(g) The fee to be paid for an interim permit shall be in an amount
not less than forty dollars ($40) and may be fixed by the board at
an amount no more than fifty dollars ($50).
(h) The fee to be paid for a duplicate license shall be in an
amount not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) and may be fixed by
the board at an amount no more than fifty dollars ($50).
(i) The fee to be paid for processing endorsement papers to other
states shall be in an amount not less than seventy-five dollars ($75)
and may be fixed by the board at an amount no more than one hundred
dollars ($100).
No further fee shall be required for a license or a renewal
thereof other than as prescribed by this chapter.
2895.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an applicant
for license renewal who receives his or her license after payment by
a check or money order that is subsequently returned unpaid, shall
not be granted a renewal until the applicant pays the amount
outstanding from the returned check or money order, the applicable
returned check fee, together with the applicable fee including any
delinquency fee for the pending renewal. The board may require each
applicant to make payment of all fees by cashier's check.
2895.5. As provided in subdivision (d) of Section 2895, the Board
of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians shall collect an
additional five dollar ($5) assessment at the time of the biennial
licensure renewal. This amount shall be credited to the Vocational
Nurses Education Fund. This assessment is separate from those fees
prescribed in Section 2895.
2890. The Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians Fund is
hereby created in the State Treasury.
2892. Licenses issued under this chapter prior to January 1, 1974,
shall, unless renewed, expire on the last day of the month following
the month in 1974 in which the licensee's birthday occurs and at
two-year intervals thereafter on the last day of the month following
the month in which the licensee's birthday occurs. Licenses issued
under this chapter on or after January 1, 1974, shall, unless
renewed, expire at two-year intervals on the last day of the month
following the month in which the licensee's birthday occurs,
beginning with the second birthday following the date on which the
license was issued. To renew an unexpired license, the licensee
shall, on or before each of the dates on which it would otherwise
expire, apply for renewal on a form prescribed by the board and pay
the renewal fee prescribed by this chapter.
The board shall give written notice to a licensee 30 days in
advance of the renewal date and, 90 days in advance of the expiration
of the fourth year that a renewal fee has not been paid, shall give
written notice to the licensee informing the licensee in general
terms of the provisions of Section 2892.4.
2892.1. Except as provided in Sections 2892.3 and 2892.5, an
expired license may be renewed at any time within four years after
its expiration upon filing of an application for renewal on a form
prescribed by the board, payment of all accrued and unpaid renewal
fees, and payment of any fees due pursuant to Section 2895.1.
If the license is renewed more than 30 days after its expiration,
the licensee, as a condition precedent to renewal, shall also pay the
delinquency fee prescribed by this chapter. Renewal under this
section shall be effective on the date on which the application is
filed, on the date on which all renewal fees are paid, or on the date
on which the delinquency fee is paid, whichever last occurs. If so
renewed, the license shall continue in effect through the date
provided in Section 2892 which next occurs after the effective date
of the renewal, when it shall expire if it is not again renewed.
2892.2. A suspended license is subject to expiration and shall be
renewed as provided in this article, but such renewal does not
entitle the licensee, while the license remains suspended and until
it is reinstated, to engage in the licensed activity, or in any other
activity or conduct in violation of the order or judgment by which
the license was suspended.
2892.3. A revoked license is subject to expiration as provided in
this article, but it may not be renewed. If it is reinstated after
its expiration, the licensee, as a condition precedent to its
reinstatement, shall pay a reinstatement fee in an amount equal to
the renewal fee in effect on the date the application for
reinstatement is filed, plus the delinquency fee, if any, accrued at
the time of its revocation.
2892.4. A license which is not renewed within four years after its
expiration may not be renewed, restored, reissued, or reinstated
thereafter, but the holder of the license may apply for and obtain a
new license if all of the following conditions are met:
(a) No fact, circumstance, or condition exists which, if the
license were issued, would justify its revocation or suspension.
(b) The applicant pays all of the fees that would be required of
an applicant for a new license.
(c) The applicant takes and passes the examination which would be
required of an applicant for a new license. The examination may be
waived in any case in which the applicant establishes to the
satisfaction of the board that, with due regard for the public
interest, the applicant is qualified to engage in the practice of
vocational nursing.
The board may, by appropriate regulation, provide for the waiver
or refund of all or any part of the application fee in those cases in
which a license is issued without an examination under this section.
2892.5. (a) Each person renewing his or her license under the
provisions of this chapter shall submit proof satisfactory to the
board that, during the preceding two-year period, he or she has
informed himself or herself of developments in the vocational nurse
field or in any special area of vocational nurse practice, occurring
since the issuance of his or her certificate, or the last renewal
thereof, whichever last occurred, either by pursuing a course or
courses of continuing education approved by the board in the
vocational nurse field or relevant to the practice of such licensee,
and approved by the board; or by other means deemed equivalent by the
board.
(b) For purposes of this section, the board shall, by regulation,
establish standards for continuing education. The standards shall be
established in a manner to assure that a variety of alternative forms
of continuing education are available to licensees including, but
not limited to, academic studies, in-service education, institutes,
seminars, lectures, conferences, workshops, extension studies, and
home study programs. The standards shall take cognizance of
specialized areas of practice. The continuing education standards
established by the board shall not exceed 30 hours of direct
participation in a course or courses approved by the board, or its
equivalent in the units of measure adopted by the board.
(c) This section shall not apply to the first license renewal
following the initial issuance of a license.
(d) The board may, in accordance with the intent of this section,
make exceptions from continuing education for licensees residing in
another state or country, or for reasons of health, military service,
or other good cause.
This section shall become operative on July 1, 1980.
2892.6. The board shall collect a biennial fee, not to exceed two
hundred dollars ($200), from any provider of a course in continuing
education who requests approval by the board of such course for
purposes of continuing education requirements under this chapter.
That fee, however, shall in no event exceed that cost required for
the board to administer the approval of continuing education courses
by continuing education providers.
2893. At least once in every calendar month, the board shall
furnish the Controller a detailed statement of all moneys collected
by the board under this chapter or from any other source, and, at the
same time, shall pay the amount thereof to the Treasurer. On order
of the Controller, the amount so paid shall be deposited in the State
Treasury to the credit of the Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric
Technicians Fund and to the Vocational Nurse Education Fund, as
specified in Section 128500 of the Health and Safety Code.
2894. All money in the Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric
Technicians Fund shall be used to carry out the provisions of this
chapter, including the promotion of nursing education in this state,
and for the refund, in accordance with law, of license fees or other
moneys paid into the Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians
Fund under the provisions of this chapter.
Claims against the Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians
Fund shall be audited by the Controller, and shall be paid by the
Treasurer upon warrants drawn by the Controller.
2895. The amount of the fees prescribed by this chapter in
connection with the issuance of licenses under its provisions is that
fixed by the following schedule:
(a) The fee to be paid upon the filing of an application shall be
in an amount not less than seventy-five dollars ($75) and may be
fixed by the board at an amount no more than one hundred fifty
dollars ($150).
(b) The fee to be paid for taking each examination shall be the
actual cost to purchase the examination from a vendor approved by the
board.
(c) The fee to be paid for any examination after the first shall
be in an amount not less than seventy-five dollars ($75) and may be
fixed by the board at an amount no more than one hundred fifty
dollars ($150).
(d) The biennial renewal fee to be paid upon the filing of an
application for renewal shall be in an amount not less than one
hundred dollars ($100) and may be fixed by the board at an amount no
more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150). In addition, an
assessment of five dollars ($5) shall be collected and credited to
the Vocational Nurse Education Fund, pursuant to Section 2895.5.
(e) Notwithstanding Section 163.5, the delinquency fee for failure
to pay the biennial renewal fee within the prescribed time shall be
in an amount not less than fifty dollars ($50) and may be fixed by
the board at not more than 50 percent of the regular renewal fee and
in no case more than seventy-five dollars ($75).
(f) The initial license fee is an amount equal to the biennial
renewal fee in effect on the date the application for the license is
filed.
(g) The fee to be paid for an interim permit shall be in an amount
not less than forty dollars ($40) and may be fixed by the board at
an amount no more than fifty dollars ($50).
(h) The fee to be paid for a duplicate license shall be in an
amount not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) and may be fixed by
the board at an amount no more than fifty dollars ($50).
(i) The fee to be paid for processing endorsement papers to other
states shall be in an amount not less than seventy-five dollars ($75)
and may be fixed by the board at an amount no more than one hundred
dollars ($100).
No further fee shall be required for a license or a renewal
thereof other than as prescribed by this chapter.
2895.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an applicant
for license renewal who receives his or her license after payment by
a check or money order that is subsequently returned unpaid, shall
not be granted a renewal until the applicant pays the amount
outstanding from the returned check or money order, the applicable
returned check fee, together with the applicable fee including any
delinquency fee for the pending renewal. The board may require each
applicant to make payment of all fees by cashier's check.
2895.5. As provided in subdivision (d) of Section 2895, the Board
of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians shall collect an
additional five dollar ($5) assessment at the time of the biennial
licensure renewal. This amount shall be credited to the Vocational
Nurses Education Fund. This assessment is separate from those fees
prescribed in Section 2895.
2890. The Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians Fund is
hereby created in the State Treasury.
2892. Licenses issued under this chapter prior to January 1, 1974,
shall, unless renewed, expire on the last day of the month following
the month in 1974 in which the licensee's birthday occurs and at
two-year intervals thereafter on the last day of the month following
the month in which the licensee's birthday occurs. Licenses issued
under this chapter on or after January 1, 1974, shall, unless
renewed, expire at two-year intervals on the last day of the month
following the month in which the licensee's birthday occurs,
beginning with the second birthday following the date on which the
license was issued. To renew an unexpired license, the licensee
shall, on or before each of the dates on which it would otherwise
expire, apply for renewal on a form prescribed by the board and pay
the renewal fee prescribed by this chapter.
The board shall give written notice to a licensee 30 days in
advance of the renewal date and, 90 days in advance of the expiration
of the fourth year that a renewal fee has not been paid, shall give
written notice to the licensee informing the licensee in general
terms of the provisions of Section 2892.4.
2892.1. Except as provided in Sections 2892.3 and 2892.5, an
expired license may be renewed at any time within four years after
its expiration upon filing of an application for renewal on a form
prescribed by the board, payment of all accrued and unpaid renewal
fees, and payment of any fees due pursuant to Section 2895.1.
If the license is renewed more than 30 days after its expiration,
the licensee, as a condition precedent to renewal, shall also pay the
delinquency fee prescribed by this chapter. Renewal under this
section shall be effective on the date on which the application is
filed, on the date on which all renewal fees are paid, or on the date
on which the delinquency fee is paid, whichever last occurs. If so
renewed, the license shall continue in effect through the date
provided in Section 2892 which next occurs after the effective date
of the renewal, when it shall expire if it is not again renewed.
2892.2. A suspended license is subject to expiration and shall be
renewed as provided in this article, but such renewal does not
entitle the licensee, while the license remains suspended and until
it is reinstated, to engage in the licensed activity, or in any other
activity or conduct in violation of the order or judgment by which
the license was suspended.
2892.3. A revoked license is subject to expiration as provided in
this article, but it may not be renewed. If it is reinstated after
its expiration, the licensee, as a condition precedent to its
reinstatement, shall pay a reinstatement fee in an amount equal to
the renewal fee in effect on the date the application for
reinstatement is filed, plus the delinquency fee, if any, accrued at
the time of its revocation.
2892.4. A license which is not renewed within four years after its
expiration may not be renewed, restored, reissued, or reinstated
thereafter, but the holder of the license may apply for and obtain a
new license if all of the following conditions are met:
(a) No fact, circumstance, or condition exists which, if the
license were issued, would justify its revocation or suspension.
(b) The applicant pays all of the fees that would be required of
an applicant for a new license.
(c) The applicant takes and passes the examination which would be
required of an applicant for a new license. The examination may be
waived in any case in which the applicant establishes to the
satisfaction of the board that, with due regard for the public
interest, the applicant is qualified to engage in the practice of
vocational nursing.
The board may, by appropriate regulation, provide for the waiver
or refund of all or any part of the application fee in those cases in
which a license is issued without an examination under this section.
2892.5. (a) Each person renewing his or her license under the
provisions of this chapter shall submit proof satisfactory to the
board that, during the preceding two-year period, he or she has
informed himself or herself of developments in the vocational nurse
field or in any special area of vocational nurse practice, occurring
since the issuance of his or her certificate, or the last renewal
thereof, whichever last occurred, either by pursuing a course or
courses of continuing education approved by the board in the
vocational nurse field or relevant to the practice of such licensee,
and approved by the board; or by other means deemed equivalent by the
board.
(b) For purposes of this section, the board shall, by regulation,
establish standards for continuing education. The standards shall be
established in a manner to assure that a variety of alternative forms
of continuing education are available to licensees including, but
not limited to, academic studies, in-service education, institutes,
seminars, lectures, conferences, workshops, extension studies, and
home study programs. The standards shall take cognizance of
specialized areas of practice. The continuing education standards
established by the board shall not exceed 30 hours of direct
participation in a course or courses approved by the board, or its
equivalent in the units of measure adopted by the board.
(c) This section shall not apply to the first license renewal
following the initial issuance of a license.
(d) The board may, in accordance with the intent of this section,
make exceptions from continuing education for licensees residing in
another state or country, or for reasons of health, military service,
or other good cause.
This section shall become operative on July 1, 1980.
2892.6. The board shall collect a biennial fee, not to exceed two
hundred dollars ($200), from any provider of a course in continuing
education who requests approval by the board of such course for
purposes of continuing education requirements under this chapter.
That fee, however, shall in no event exceed that cost required for
the board to administer the approval of continuing education courses
by continuing education providers.
2893. At least once in every calendar month, the board shall
furnish the Controller a detailed statement of all moneys collected
by the board under this chapter or from any other source, and, at the
same time, shall pay the amount thereof to the Treasurer. On order
of the Controller, the amount so paid shall be deposited in the State
Treasury to the credit of the Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric
Technicians Fund and to the Vocational Nurse Education Fund, as
specified in Section 128500 of the Health and Safety Code.
2894. All money in the Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric
Technicians Fund shall be used to carry out the provisions of this
chapter, including the promotion of nursing education in this state,
and for the refund, in accordance with law, of license fees or other
moneys paid into the Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians
Fund under the provisions of this chapter.
Claims against the Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians
Fund shall be audited by the Controller, and shall be paid by the
Treasurer upon warrants drawn by the Controller.
2895. The amount of the fees prescribed by this chapter in
connection with the issuance of licenses under its provisions is that
fixed by the following schedule:
(a) The fee to be paid upon the filing of an application shall be
in an amount not less than seventy-five dollars ($75) and may be
fixed by the board at an amount no more than one hundred fifty
dollars ($150).
(b) The fee to be paid for taking each examination shall be the
actual cost to purchase the examination from a vendor approved by the
board.
(c) The fee to be paid for any examination after the first shall
be in an amount not less than seventy-five dollars ($75) and may be
fixed by the board at an amount no more than one hundred fifty
dollars ($150).
(d) The biennial renewal fee to be paid upon the filing of an
application for renewal shall be in an amount not less than one
hundred dollars ($100) and may be fixed by the board at an amount no
more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150). In addition, an
assessment of five dollars ($5) shall be collected and credited to
the Vocational Nurse Education Fund, pursuant to Section 2895.5.
(e) Notwithstanding Section 163.5, the delinquency fee for failure
to pay the biennial renewal fee within the prescribed time shall be
in an amount not less than fifty dollars ($50) and may be fixed by
the board at not more than 50 percent of the regular renewal fee and
in no case more than seventy-five dollars ($75).
(f) The initial license fee is an amount equal to the biennial
renewal fee in effect on the date the application for the license is
filed.
(g) The fee to be paid for an interim permit shall be in an amount
not less than forty dollars ($40) and may be fixed by the board at
an amount no more than fifty dollars ($50).
(h) The fee to be paid for a duplicate license shall be in an
amount not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) and may be fixed by
the board at an amount no more than fifty dollars ($50).
(i) The fee to be paid for processing endorsement papers to other
states shall be in an amount not less than seventy-five dollars ($75)
and may be fixed by the board at an amount no more than one hundred
dollars ($100).
No further fee shall be required for a license or a renewal
thereof other than as prescribed by this chapter.
2895.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an applicant
for license renewal who receives his or her license after payment by
a check or money order that is subsequently returned unpaid, shall
not be granted a renewal until the applicant pays the amount
outstanding from the returned check or money order, the applicable
returned check fee, together with the applicable fee including any
delinquency fee for the pending renewal. The board may require each
applicant to make payment of all fees by cashier's check.
2895.5. As provided in subdivision (d) of Section 2895, the Board
of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians shall collect an
additional five dollar ($5) assessment at the time of the biennial
licensure renewal. This amount shall be credited to the Vocational
Nurses Education Fund. This assessment is separate from those fees
prescribed in Section 2895.
