California home health agencies (HHAs) having difficulty recruiting nurses who meet experience qualifications can now seek help from the state.
The California Department of Public Health is currently accepting requests for flexibility of the one-year professional nursing experience requirement stipulated under Title 22 CCR sections 74707 (c) and (d).
Flexibility requests may be made agency-wide or for an individual registered nurse (RN) or licensed vocational nurse (LVN). The HHA must provide additional training and supervision while preserving patient safety and quality of care.