The office is authorized and directed to receive, with the cooperation of the respective healing arts licensing boards and licentiates, basic data on each licentiate in the following categories of health personnel: registered nurses, licensed vocational nurses, pharmacists, dentists, and optometrists. The office shall develop a suggested format for data collection to be utilized by the various boards. However, the methods utilized to collect and tabulate this information, including the format and content of questionnaires and other survey instruments, shall be determined by each respective healing arts licensing board after consultation with the director of the office.
Source:
Section 127765, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=127765..