Nursing Practice Committee recommends boards 2026 sunset report with edits on intervention, stipend and DUI language

The California Board of Registered Nursing Nursing Practice Committee voted unanimously Oct. 30 to recommend that the board advance its draft 2026 sunset report to the full board with committee-suggested edits, including clarified public-facing language about a proposed stipend program, broader flexibility for completion of the boards intervention program, and recommended statutory language changes addressing discipline for driving-under-the-influence offenses.

Committee members said the edits are intended to make the report clearer for the public and to narrow disciplinary exposure in cases where alleged conduct does not pose a demonstrable risk to patient safety. Executive Officer Loretta Melby told the committee the revised draft will be reposted and that the board must approve the final sunset report before staff submits it to legislative offices in January. "It has to be board approved in order for us to submit it to the legislators in January," Melby said.

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