Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 19 - BOARD OF NURSING › Article 2 - ARIZONA REGISTERED AND PRACTICAL NURSING PROGRAMS; REFRESHER PROGRAMS › Section R4-19-201 - Organization and Administration

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A.
				The parent institution of a nursing program shall:
1. Be accredited as a post-secondary
				institution, college, or university, by an accrediting body that is recognized
				as an accrediting body by the U.S. Department of Education.
2. Hold Arizona Private Post-secondary board
				approval status, if applicable.
3.
				Submit evidence to the board of continuing accreditation after each
				reaccreditation review or action.
4. Operate any RN or PN program under its
				post-secondary accreditation if the parent institution holds both secondary and
				post-secondary accreditation.
5.
				Notify the Board within 15 days of any change or pending change in
				institutional accreditation status or reporting requirements.
6. Provide adequate fiscal, physical,
				learning resources and adequate human resources to recruit, employ and retain
				sufficient numbers of qualified faculty members to support program processes
				and outcomes necessary for compliance with this article.
7. Center the administrative control of the
				nursing program in the nursing program administrator and shall provide the
				support and resources necessary to meet the requirements of
				R4-19-203
				and
				R4-19-204.
8. Ensure that the nursing program is an
				integral part of the parent institution and shall have at a minimum equivalent
				status with other academic units of the parent institution.
9. Appoint a sole individual to the position
				of nursing program administrator, and fill any program administrator vacancies
				within 15 days.
10. Notify the
				Board of any changes in program administrator within 30 days and ensure that
				the individual appointed meets the requirements of, and fulfills the duties
				specified in
				R4-19-203.
11. Ensure that every registered nursing
				program faculty member holds a current Arizona registered nurse license in good
				standing or multi-state privilege to practice in Arizona under A.R.S., Title
				32, Chapter 15, and that every faculty member meets one of the following:
a. If providing didactic instruction:
i. At least two years of experience as a
				registered nurse providing direct patient care; and
ii. A graduate degree. The majority of the
				faculty members of a registered nursing program shall hold a graduate degree
				with a major in nursing. If the graduate degree is not in nursing, the faculty
				member shall hold a minimum of a baccalaureate degree in nursing.
b. If providing clinical
				instruction only, as defined in R4-19-101:
i.
				The requirements for didactic faculty, or
ii. A baccalaureate degree with a major in
				nursing and at least three years of experience as a registered nurse providing
				direct patient care.
12. Ensure that each practical nursing
				program faculty member holds a current Arizona registered nurse license in good
				standing or multi-state privilege to practice in Arizona under A.R.S. Title 32,
				Chapter 15, and that every faculty member meets the following:
a. At least two years of experience as a
				registered nurse providing direct patient care, and
b. A minimum of a baccalaureate degree with a
				major in nursing.