2009 California Business and Professions Code - Section 2880-2884 :: Article 4. Vocational Nursing Schools

2880.  The board shall prepare and maintain a list of accredited
schools of vocational nursing in this State whose graduates, if they
have the other necessary qualifications provided in this chapter,
shall be eligible to apply for a license to practice vocational
nursing in this State.

2881.  An accredited school of vocational nursing is one which has
been approved by the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric
Technicians, gives a course of instruction in vocational nursing of
not less than 1530 hours or 50 semester units approved by the board
pursuant to Section 2882 whether the same be established by the State
Board of Education, other educational institutions, or other public
or private agencies or institutions and is affiliated or conducted in
connection with one or more hospitals.
   One hour of instruction for purposes of computing the total hours
of instruction or for calculating semester units as specified in this
section shall consist of not less than 50 minutes of actual class
time.

2881.1.  The board shall deny the application for accreditation made
by, and shall revoke the accreditation given to, any school of
vocational nursing that does not give to student applicants credit,
in the field of nursing, for previous education and the opportunity
to obtain credit for other acquired knowledge by the use of challenge
examinations or other methods of evaluation.
   The board shall prescribe, by regulation, the education for which
credit is to be given and the amount of credit that is to be given
for each type of education, including the amount of credit to be
given to a certified nurse assistant, a nurse assistant who has
provided direct nursing services in health facilities, and an
applicant who has successfully completed equivalent courses offered
by a secondary school that is accredited by the Department of
Education in any state or by a nationally recognized regional
accrediting body. These courses shall be assessed for equivalency by
the vocational nursing school.

2882.  The course of instruction of an accredited school of
vocational nursing shall consist of not less than the required number
of hours of instruction in such subjects as the board may from time
to time by regulation determine, together with the required number of
hours in the care of medical, surgical, obstetrical patients, sick
children, and such other clinical experience as from time to time may
be determined by the board.
   The board shall, by regulation, provide for the approval of
courses of instruction expressed in hours of instruction, or academic
units, or which require satisfactory demonstration of skills and
behavioral competencies.

2883.  It shall be the duty of the board, through an official
representative, to inspect all schools of vocational nursing in this
state at such times as the board shall deem necessary. Written
reports of the representative's visits shall be made to the board,
which shall thereupon approve as accredited such schools of nursing
as meet the requirements provided by the board.
   Upon receiving the report of the representative, if the board
determines that any accredited school of vocational nursing is not
maintaining the standard required by the board, notice thereof in
writing specifying the defect or defects shall be immediately given
to the school. If the defects are not corrected within a reasonable
time, the school of nursing may be removed from the accredited list
and notice thereof in writing given to it.

2884.  None of the provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to
any school or schools conducted by any well recognized church or
denomination for the purpose of training the adherents of such church
or denomination in the care of the sick in accordance with its
religious tenets.