(a) No nurses’ registry shall make, or cause to be made, any false, misleading, or deceptive advertisements or representations concerning the services that registry will provide to nurses.
(b) (1) No nurses’ registry shall publish or cause to be published any false, fraudulent, or misleading information, representation, notice, or advertisements.
(2) All advertisements of a nurses’ registry shall contain the correct name of the nurses’ registry and one of the following:
(A) The street address of the registry’s place of business.
(B) The correct telephone number of the registry at its place of business.
(3) No nurses’ registry shall give any false information or make any false promises or representations concerning an assignment or employment to any nurse who registers or applies for an assignment or employment.
(4) No nurses’ registry shall, by its name, advertisement, or any other representation, represent itself to be a home health agency, as defined by subdivision (a) of Section 1727 of the Health and Safety Code, or to perform the services of a home health agency. A nurses’ registry shall provide a written disclosure to each individual receiving nursing services, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1812.524, in his or her place of residence stating that it does not perform the services of a home health agency and clearly describing that it is a nurses’ registry only and that any complaints against licensed personnel providing a nursing service shall be brought to the local district attorney and the Department of Consumer Affairs. The address and telephone number of each agency and board to which complaints are required to be submitted shall be provided to all patients prior to the time they are under the care of any nursing services personnel.
(5) Any person may refer complaints concerning nurses’ registries to the proper law enforcement agency for action.
(c) Every nurses’ registry shall maintain a record of all advertisements, correlated to show the date and the publication in which the advertisement appeared, retrospectively for a period of one year.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 761, Sec. 2.)
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