California Business and Professions Code

§ 2736.5

BPC § 2736.5 Effective Jan 1, 2020Div. 2 · Ch. 6 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)(1) The board shall adopt regulations to require that, on and after January 1, 2022, all continuing education courses for licensees under this chapter contain curriculum that includes the understanding of implicit bias.

(2)Beginning January 1, 2023, continuing education providers shall ensure compliance with paragraph (1). Beginning January 1, 2023, the board shall audit continuing education providers, pursuant to Section 2811.5.

(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (a), a continuing education course dedicated solely to research or other issues that does not include a direct patient care component is not required to contain curriculum that includes implicit bias in the practice of nursing.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 417, Sec. 3. (AB 241) Effective January 1, 2020.