SECTIONS 2795-2800 - California Statutes

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE

SECTION 2795-2800

2795. Except as provided in this chapter, it is unlawful for any
person to do any of the following:
(a) To practice or to offer to practice nursing in this state
unless the person holds a license in an active status.
(b) To use any title, sign, card, or device to indicate that he or
she is qualified to practice or is practicing nursing, unless the
person has been duly licensed or certified under this chapter.

2796. It is unlawful for any person or persons not licensed or
certified as provided in this chapter to use the title "registered
nurse," the letters "R.N. ," or the words "graduate nurse," "trained
nurse," or "nurse anesthetist."
It is unlawful for any person or persons not licensed or certified
as provided in this chapter to impersonate a professional nurse or
pretend to be licensed to practice professional nursing as provided
in this chapter.

2797. It is unlawful for a person to wilfully make any false
representation or to impersonate any other person or permit or aid
any person in any manner to impersonate him in connection with any
examination or application for a license, or request to be examined
or licensed.

2798. It is unlawful for anyone to conduct a school of nursing
unless the school has been approved as an accredited school by the
board.
This section is not applicable to schools conducted under Section
2789 of this chapter.

2799. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter
is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon a conviction thereof shall be
punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 10 days
nor more than one year, or by a fine of not less than twenty dollars
($20) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both such
fine and imprisonment.

2800. None of the sections in this article, except Sections 2796
and 2797, shall be applicable to any person or persons specifically
exempted from the general provisions of this act by Section 2731
hereof, or to schools conducted by any well recognized church or
denomination for the purpose of training the adherents of such church
or denomination in the care of the sick in accordance with its
religious tenets; and any adherent of any well recognized church or
denomination who engages in nursing or the care of the sick in
connection with the practice of the religious tenets of such well
recognized church or denomination may use the word "nurse" in
connection with or following his or her name, provided he or she
shall not use the title "registered nurse," the letters "R.N.," the
words "graduate nurse," "trained nurse," "nurse anesthetist," or any
other name, word or symbol in connection with or following his or her
name so as to lead another or others to believe that he or she is a
professional nurse licensed under the provisions of this chapter.