Section 2736.5.

(a) Any person who has served on active duty in the medical corps of any of the Armed Forces of the United States and who has successfully completed the course of instruction required to qualify him or her for rating as a medical service technician—independent duty, or other equivalent rating in his particular branch of the Armed Forces, and whose service in the Armed Forces has been under honorable conditions, may submit the record of such training to the board for evaluation.

(b) If such person meets the qualifications of paragraphs (1) and (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 2736, and if the board determines that his or her education would give reasonable assurance of competence to practice as a registered nurse in this state, he or she shall be granted a license upon passing the standard examination for such licensure.

(c) The board shall, by regulation, establish criteria for evaluating the education of applicants under this section.

(d) The board shall maintain records of the following categories of applicants under this section:

(1) Applicants who are rejected for examination, and the areas of such applicants' preparation which are the causes of rejection.

(2) Applicants who are qualified by their military education alone to take the examination, and the results of their examinations.

(3) Applicants who are qualified to take the examination by their military education plus supplementary education, and the results of their examinations.

(e) The board shall attempt to contact by mail or other means individuals meeting the requirements of subdivision (a) who have been or will be discharged or separated from the Armed Forces of the United States, in order to inform them of the application procedure provided by this section. The board may enter into an agreement with the federal government in order to secure the names and addresses of such individuals.

(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 350, Sec. 19. Effective January 1, 2012.)