BRN committee recommends regulatory edits to align faculty approval with AB 2015

The California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) Nurse Practice Committee voted to recommend approval of conforming changes to the California Code of Regulations to implement Assembly Bill 2015, which allows qualified nursing faculty approvals to travel with an individual rather than remain tied to a single program.

Executive Officer Loretta Melby summarized the draft amendments, saying the changes remove references to outdated forms and reporting, specify the information applicants must submit for individual approval, and clarify how nursing programs must report changes to director or assistant director positions. Marissa, a member of BRN staff in the hearing room, walked the committee through the redline and underline text in the meeting materials showing current, added and deleted language.

Board member Vicki Granowitz moved to recommend approval of the proposed regulatory text and to authorize the executive officer to make technical, non‑substantive edits necessary to complete the rulemaking process; the motion was seconded. After no public comment on the item, the committee recorded roll-call votes: Chair Niloofar Patel, Granowitz and Dominguez voted yes and the motion carried.

Melby told the committee staff will update the nurse practitioner 104 application that is currently malfunctioning because it was built before a statutory change, and board staff will continue to consult legal counsel as the text moves through notice and comment. The committee’s action will send the proposed modifications into the formal rulemaking track, where they may be adjusted again in response to public comments received by the Office of Administrative Law.

The item was informational and procedural in nature; the committee’s recommendation advances the BRN’s effort to align regulatory language with statutory changes made in AB 2015.