California Health and Safety Code

§ 1337.3

HSC § 1337.3 Effective Jan 1, 2026Div. 2 · Ch. 2 · Art. 9

Statute text

(a)(1) The department shall prepare and maintain a list of approved training programs for nurse assistant certification. The list shall include training programs conducted by skilled nursing facilities or intermediate care facilities, as well as local agencies and education programs. In addition, the list shall include information on whether a training center is currently training nurse assistants, their competency test pass rates, and the number of nurse assistants they have trained. Clinical portions of the training programs may be obtained as on-the-job training, supervised by a qualified director of staff development or licensed nurse.

(2)No later than December 31, 2025, the department shall solicit applications from vendors to provide the written and oral competency examination of a nurse assistant certification examination in Spanish.

(3)No later than July 1, 2029, the department shall publish on its internet website, and update at least twice annually, a list including all of the following:

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 243, Sec. 4. (SB 862) Effective January 1, 2026.