2014 California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS
CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions
ARTICLE 10 - Federal Personnel and Tribal Health Programs
714
(a) A hospital may enter into an agreement with the Armed Forces of the United States to authorize a physician and surgeon, physician assistant, or registered nurse to provide medical care in the hospital if all of the following apply:
(1) The physician and surgeon, physician assistant, or registered nurse holds a valid license in good standing to provide medical care in the District of Columbia or any state or territory of the United States.
(2) The medical care is provided as part of a training or educational program designed to promote the combat readiness of the physician and surgeon, physician assistant, or registered nurse.
(3) The agreement complies with Section 1094 of Title 10 of the United States Code and any regulations or guidelines adopted pursuant to that section.
(b) A physician and surgeon, physician assistant, or registered nurse who is authorized to practice pursuant to subdivision (a) shall disclose, while working, on a name tag in at least 18-point type, his or her name and license status, his or her state of licensure, and a statement that he or she is a member of the Armed Forces of the United States.
(c) (1) If an agreement is entered into pursuant to subdivision (a), no board under this division that licenses physicians and surgeons, physician assistants, or registered nurses may require a person under subdivision (a) to obtain or maintain any license to practice his or her profession or render services in the State of California.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a physician and surgeon, physician assistant, or registered nurse who enters into an agreement pursuant to subdivision (a) shall register with the board that licenses his or her respective health care profession in this state on a form provided by that board.
(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2016, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2016, deletes or extends that date.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 151, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2011. Repealed as of January 1, 2016, by its own provisions.)
