Brian Jones
- Republican
- Senator
- District 40
Author
Existing law, the Vocational Nursing Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of vocational nurses by the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians of the State of California. The act defines the practice of vocational nursing as the performance of services requiring those technical, manual skills acquired by means of a course in an approved school of vocational nursing, or its equivalent, practiced under the direction of a licensed physician or registered professional nurse, as defined. This bill would revise that definition to additionally include practice under the direction of a naturopathic doctor, as specified. The bill would require a naturopathic doctor who is supervising a licensed vocational nurse to establish a written supervision protocol, listing the practice agreement, that includes specified information, including a description of the duties and responsibilities of the licensed vocational nurse and, if applicable, disclosure of the procedure or protocol for the furnishing or ordering of drugs. The bill would specify that its provisions do not authorize a licensed vocational nurse to perform various acts, including performing platelet-rich plasma therapy and administering laser, light, steam, or ultraviolet treatment therapies, except as provided. Existing law, among other things, authorizes a licensed vocational nurse to withdraw blood, administer medications, and start and superimpose intravenous fluids, as described, when directed by a physician and surgeon. Existing law also authorizes a licensed vocational nurse to perform certain tests and immunization techniques, as described, when acting under the direction of a physician and surgeon. This bill would authorize a licensed vocational nurse to perform the above-described actions when acting under the direction of a naturopathic doctor, as specified.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 713, Statutes of 2022.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5313.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended.
From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Reyes.
Ordered to third reading.
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 29).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 3645.) Ordered to the Assembly.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
Set for hearing May 2.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3412.) (April 18).
Set for hearing April 18.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.
From printer.
Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB994 | HTML |
| 02/14/22 - Introduced | |
| 03/15/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/21/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/24/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/01/22 - Enrolled | |
| 09/28/22 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/14/22- Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development | |
| 05/04/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/10/22- Assembly Business and Professions | |
| 06/28/22- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 07/27/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/24/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/29/22- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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