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The California Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians (BVNPT) protects the consumer from unprofessional and unsafe licensed vocational nurses (LVNs) and psychiatric technicians (PTs). Public protection is the highest priority of the Board in exercising its licensing, regulatory and disciplinary functions.

According to the BVNPT, applicants and prospective nursing students should be aware that the Board will not qualify an applicant to take the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX), or to be licensed, after completion of an unaccredited nursing program. If any portion of the instruction is completed at or through an unapproved nursing program, it is considered unaccredited. In some cases, these unaccredited programs have been or are operated by approved Continuing Education Providers that are operating beyond the scope of their approval. The Board cannot qualify an applicant to take the NCLEX, or to be licensed, after completion of an unaccredited nursing program, even if the unaccredited nursing program represented to the student that it was accredited. Therefore, an applicant who attended one of these programs, found eligible by another state to take the examination, and successfully passed the examination is not eligible for licensure in California.

For additional information on accredited facilities and legal requirements please contact Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians located at 2535 Capitol Oaks Drive, Suite 205, Sacramento, CA 95833 by phone at (916) 263-7800, email: bvnpt@dca.ca.gov or visit their website at http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov.