Amended
IN
Senate
August 23, 2024 |
Amended
IN
Senate
June 25, 2024 |
Amended
IN
Senate
July 05, 2023 |
Amended
IN
Senate
June 26, 2023 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 27, 2023 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 17, 2023 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 23, 2023 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Low |
February 17, 2023 |
(a)If a health facility or clinic, after meeting as required by Section 127775, cannot provide additional clinical placement slots, the health facility or clinic shall provide the department with a written justification of its lack of capability or capacity to meet the needs of the community college or California State University approved school of nursing or approved nursing program. The justification shall be provided within 30 days after the meeting. The health facility or clinic shall be subject to a civil fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for failure to provide the written justification within the 30-day time period.
(b)The justification provided by a health facility or clinic for failure to provide additional clinical placement slots shall be posted on the department’s internet website.
(c)The following definitions apply for purposes of this section:
(1)“Approved school of nursing or approved nursing program” has the same meaning as defined in Section 2786 of the Business and Professions Code.
(2)“Clinic” has the same meaning as defined in Section 1200, and includes a primary care clinic and a specialty clinic, as described in Section 1204.
(3)“Health facility” has the same meaning as defined in Section 1250.