Business and Professions Code section 2700

This chapter of the Business and Professions Code constitutes the chapter on professional nursing and shall be construed as revisory and amendatory of the laws heretofore enacted. It may be cited as the Nursing Practice Act.

Source: Section 2700, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=2700. (updated Jan. 1, 1939; accessed Jun. 24, 2026).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/business_and_professions_code_section_2700

Original Source: Section 2700, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=2700. (last accessed May 12, 2025).