§ 78263.2
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Notwithstanding any other law:
(a)A community college district may use any diagnostic assessment tool that is commonly used in allied health programs and is approved by the chancellor.
(b)If, after using an approved diagnostic assessment tool, a community college allied health program determines that the number of applicants to that program exceeds its capacity, the program may use additional multicriteria screening measures. This subdivision does not prohibit or prevent a community college allied health program from using an approved diagnostic assessment tool before or during a multicriteria screening process.
(c)A community college district shall not do either of the following:
(1)Exclude an applicant to an allied health program on the basis that the applicant is not a resident of that district or has not completed prerequisite courses in that district.
(2)Implement policies, procedures, and systems, including, but not limited to, priority registration systems, that have the effect of excluding an applicant or student who is not a resident of that district from an allied health program of that district.