California Business and Professions Code

§ 2751

BPC § 2751 Effective Jan 1, 2003Div. 2 · Ch. 6 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)Notwithstanding any other law, the board may, in its discretion, accept the surrender of a license through a stipulated agreement in the absence of a pleading when the ability of a registered nurse to practice nursing safely is impaired due to mental or physical illness.

(b)This alternative proceeding shall apply only to cases that would otherwise have been processed pursuant to Section 820.

(c)Until the time that the licensee signs the stipulated agreement for license surrender, he or she may elect to have the disciplinary process conducted pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1011, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.