{"id":1092,"date":"2025-10-30T20:45:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T20:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/?p=1092"},"modified":"2025-10-30T20:45:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T20:45:32","slug":"office-of-administrative-law-approves-rulemaking-to-improve-nurse-practitioner-education-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2025\/10\/30\/office-of-administrative-law-approves-rulemaking-to-improve-nurse-practitioner-education-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Office of Administrative Law Approves Rulemaking to Improve Nurse Practitioner Education Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>By Sydney Verga<\/h3>\n<p>On June 27, 2025, the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) <a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/8WB3-DD2Q\">approved<\/a> amendments to section 1484 of Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR). Section 1484 establishes criteria that the Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) uses to approve Nurse Practitioner (NP) education programs. BRN\u2019s rulemaking action does two things. First, the rulemaking replaces a previously incorporated document produced by the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF), \u201cNurse Practitioner Core Competencies Content\u201d (2017), with the <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.ymaws.com\/www.nonpf.org\/resource\/resmgr\/np_competencies_&amp;_ntf_standards\/NP_Role_Competencies_Revised.pdf\">newest version from 2022<\/a>. Second, it modifies licensing requirements for clinical preceptors and students in the nurse practitioner program for clinical preceptorships that take place outside of California.<\/p>\n<p>Sections 1484(a) and 1484(h)(7) incorporate by reference NONPF\u2019s 2017 version of the \u201cNurse Practitioner Core Competencies Content.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB887#:~:text=SEC.%2050.,with%20the%20board.\">SB 887 (Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development) (Chapter 510, Statutes of 2024)<\/a> amended section 2836 of the Business and Professions Code to reference the 2022 version of the \u201cNurse Practitioner Core Competencies\u201d as opposed to the 2017 version. Accordingly, a conforming regulatory change was needed for CCR section 1484(a) and 1484(h)(7) because these existing regulations incorporate by reference NONPF\u2019s 2017 version of \u201cNurse Practitioner Core Competencies Content.\u201d The <a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/CBL8-9F8M\">approved amendments<\/a> do just that.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, this rulemaking action modifies licensing requirements for clinical preceptors and NP students completing preceptorships outside of California. Previously, sections 1084(f) and 1084(g) required both the clinical preceptor and NP student to have an active California RN license. In the <a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/7MS9-E6UF\">Initial Statement of Reasons<\/a>, BRN asserts that such requirements are overly burdensome and unnecessary from a public protection standpoint. These amendments eliminate the requirement that a clinical preceptor or NP student hold an active RN license in California when the clinical preceptorship occurs outside California.<\/p>\n<p>The approved amendments took effect on October 1, 2025.<\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPILUSD\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/addons\/extra-icons\/image\/social\/circle\/64x64\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cpilusd\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Follow us on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/addons\/extra-icons\/image\/social\/circle\/64x64\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sydney Verga On June 27, 2025, the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) approved amendments to section 1484 of Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR). Section 1484 establishes criteria that the Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) uses <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2025\/10\/30\/office-of-administrative-law-approves-rulemaking-to-improve-nurse-practitioner-education-programs\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1013,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[137846],"tags":[134363,132933,134361,133003,5725,132860],"coauthors":[138175],"class_list":["post-1092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rulemaking-board-of-registered-nursing","tag-board","tag-licensing","tag-nurse","tag-nurse-practitioner","tag-nursing","tag-rulemaking"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Office of Administrative Law Approves Rulemaking to Improve Nurse Practitioner Education Programs - Consumer Protection Policy Center - Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2025\/10\/30\/office-of-administrative-law-approves-rulemaking-to-improve-nurse-practitioner-education-programs\/\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Office of Administrative Law Approves Rulemaking to Improve Nurse Practitioner Education Programs - Consumer Protection Policy Center - Blog\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Sydney Verga On June 27, 2025, the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) approved amendments to section 1484 of Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR). 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