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Board approves rulemaking to clarify renewal, restoration and require BLS for active licenses
Summary
The board authorized staff to begin rulemaking to clarify renewal rules, extend expiration windows, distinguish restoration versus forfeiture processes, and require basic life support certification for active status.
The Board of Calvert Grama voted Aug. 1 to move forward with a regulatory package clarifying license renewal procedures, restoration and forfeiture definitions, and to require basic life support (BLS) certification for licensees holding active status.
Staff told members the proposal replaces regulatory forms previously embedded in text with plain-language regulatory requirements, which allows future non‑substantive form edits without a full rulemaking. The draft also extends the expiration window the board uses to categorize inactive credentials, adds clearer restoration steps for licenses that lapsed or were forfeited, and establishes BLS as a condition for active licensure in California.
Board counsel and staff explained the forms were being removed from the regulations so that small administrative updates (for example to a department address or form header) can be made without reopening a regulation. The package retains explicit standards for restoration: applicants seeking to reactivate after lapse or forfeiture would need to demonstrate continuing competency or meet specified testing or practice criteria, consistent with the board’s statutory authority.
After discussion, the board approved the motion to submit the proposed text to the Department of Consumer Affairs for agency review and, if there are no adverse comments, to begin the rulemaking process. Roll‑call votes recorded all members present voting yes (Adams, Daniels, Cruz, Azzolino, Perez, Sweet).
Why this matters: Rewriting renewal and restoration rules clarifies expectations for licensees who allow credentials to lapse and creates an explicit BLS requirement for maintaining active status — a step licensing staff say is intended to ensure basic emergency preparedness among practitioners.
Ending: Board staff will send the package to the DCA director and the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency for review and will notify stakeholders when the rule package posts for public comment.
