§ 101100 City Public Health Nurses

Health and Safety Code·California

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This law lets a city hire public health nurses, but each nurse must be a registered nurse and meet the qualifications the city’s health department sets when they are hired.

Key Takeaways

•A city can hire one or many public health nurses.
•Each nurse must be a registered nurse.
•The nurse must meet the qualifications the health department sets at the time of hiring.

Example

A city decides to open a free flu‑shot clinic and hires a nurse to run it.

The city can hire that nurse, but the nurse has to be a registered nurse and must have the specific qualifications the health department required on the day they were hired.

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§ 101100 City Public Health Nurses

The governing body of a city may employ one or more public health nurses, each of whom shall be a registered nurse possessing qualifications prescribed by the department on the date of his or her employment. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Last verified: January 11, 2026

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public health nurses registered nurse qualifications prescribed by the department

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Health and Safety Code. Section 101100.

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