Not later than September 1, 2005, the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall do all of the following:

(a) Encourage community college districts to standardize all nursing program prerequisites on a statewide basis.

(b) Encourage community college districts to negotiate and implement articulation agreements with the campuses of the California State University to which they send a significant number of nursing students.

(c) Implement the recommendations of the Intersegmental Major Preparation Articulated Curriculum (IMPAC) project not later than September 1, 2004.

(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1093, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)