Board directs staff to clarify that intervention completion need not require working as an RN; plans IEC expansions and subcommittee

SACRAMENTO — Facing repeated public comment about intervention‑program participants stuck in multi‑year review loops, the Board of Registered Nursing on Feb. 27 directed staff to provide clearer guidance to Intervention Evaluation Committees about how to apply Uniform Standard 12 and approved measures to expand and oversee the IEC process.

'The board voted to direct the executive officer to work with the intervention evaluation committees to provide guidance on the application of Uniform Standard 12,' Board counsel Reza Pejuhesh summarized after the motion passed unanimously. The motion, carried by roll call, said criteria 4 of Uniform Standard 12 — that a participant must “demonstrate that he or she is able to practice safely” — does not necessarily require that a participant return to work as a registered nurse in order to complete the program; however, IECs retain discretion to require supervised work in particular cases.

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