Nursing Practice Act

The Nursing Practice Act (NPA) is the body of California law that mandates the Board to set out the scope of practice and responsibilities for RNs. The NPA is located in the California Business and Professions Code starting with Section 2700. Regulations which specify the implementation of the law appear in the California Code of Regulations.

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• California Business and Professions Code
• California Code of Regulations

California Business and Professions Code

• Division 2. Healing Arts
  • Chapter 6. Nursing
    • Article 1. Administration - Section 2700-2717
    • Article 2. Scope of Regulation - 2725-2742
    • Article 2.5. Nurse-Midwives - 2746-2746.8
    • Article 3. Disciplinary Proceedings - 2750-2765
    • Article 3.1. Intervention Program - 2770-2770.14
    • Article 3.5. Nursing Corporations - 2775-2781
    • Article 4. Nursing Schools - 2785-2789
    • Article 5. Penal Provisions - 2795-2800
    • Article 6. Revenue - 2810-2815.7
    • Article 6.5. Public Health Nurse Certification - 2816-2820
    • Article 7. Nurse Anesthetists - 2825-2833.6
    • Article 8. Nurse Practitioners - 2834-2837
      • AB-890 Nurse practitioners: scope of practice: practice without standardized procedures

      California Code of Regulations

      • Title 16. Professional and Vocational Regulations
        • Division 14. Board of Registered Nursing
          • Article 1. General Provisions Section
          • Article 2. Registration and Examination
          • Article 3. Prelicensure Nursing Programs
          • Article 3.5. Citations and Fines
          • Article 4. Grounds for Discipline, Disciplinary Proceedings and Rehabilitation
          • Article 4.1. Intervention Program Guidelines
          • Article 5. Continuing Education
          • Article 6. Nurse-Midwives
          • Article 7. Standardized Procedure Guidelines
          • Article 8. Nurse Practitioners
          • Article 9. Public Health Nurse
          • Article 10. Sponsored Free Health Care Events-Requirements for Exemption [Repealed]

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