CSAP News

NPs Advertising as Doctors

District Attorney Dan Dow in San Luis Obispo County, California, recently reached a $20,000 settlement with a nurse practitioner for unlawfully advertising herself as a “doctor” in violation of California’s truth in advertising law. The press release mentions AMA’s Truth in Advertising

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‘We are not trying to scare you.’ In California, fentanyl now behind 1 out of every 5 youth deaths – Experts recommend fentanyl test strips to detect powerful opioid and schools stock up on Narcan to counteract overdoses More people

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Another Physician Joins the Legislature

Dr. Jasmeet Bains won her race for an Assembly seat in the Bakersfield area defeating Kern County Supervisor Leticia Perez. Dr. Jasmeet Bains is a family doctor providing primary healthcare to families throughout the Central Valley and calls herself a

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Don’t let Adderall scarcity trigger a repeat of the opioid epidemic Northern California Kaiser Permanente nurses plan 2-day strike Will the state try again to ban slavery in its constitution? Election deniers lose races for key state offices in every

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Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics  

Last night, the CSAP Governmental Affairs Committee (GAC) considered whether to urge California to apply for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Planning Grants. A Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) model is designed to ensure access to coordinated comprehensive behavioral health care. CCBHCs

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AB 890 Regulations

The Board of Registered Nursing met this week and discussed the AB 890 regulations. You can view the agenda here, and SYASL staff notes here. The newly adopted regulations clarify that the clinical practice experience required to become a 103 or 104 NP

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Establishing a Right to Care in California

Should Housing, Mental Health and Substance Use Services Be a Right in California? The Steinberg Institute and its founder, Darrell Steinberg, has invited CSAP to participate in a conversation about what it would take in California to make mental health

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‘We are not trying to scare you.’ In California, fentanyl now behind 1 out of every 5 youth deaths – Experts recommend fentanyl test strips to detect powerful opioid and schools stock up on Narcan to counteract overdoses Ex-girlfriend of

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AB 890 / Nurse Practitioner Regulations

The AB 890 regulations have now moved to the full Board of Registered Nursing (BRN). California Business and Professions Code (BPC) Section 2837.105 requested that the Office of Professional Examination Services (OPES) complete an occupational analysis by January 1, 2023. This

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