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North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-02 - Nurse Licensure › Chapter 54-02-10 - RN and LPN Nurse Licensure Compact › Section 54-02-10-03 - General provisions and jurisdiction

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1.
				A license to practice registered nursing issued by a home state to a resident
				in that state will be recognized by each party state as authorizing a
				multistate licensure privilege to practice as a registered nurse in such party
				state. A license to practice licensed practical or vocational nursing issued by
				a home state to a resident in that state will be recognized by each party state
				as authorizing a multistate licensure privilege to practice as a licensed
				practical or vocational nurse in such party state. In order to obtain or retain
				a license, an applicant must meet the home state's qualifications for licensure
				and license renewal as well as all other applicable state laws.
2. Party states may, in accordance with state
				due process laws, limit or revoke the multistate licensure privilege of any
				nurse to practice in their state and may take any other actions under their
				applicable state laws necessary to protect the health and safety of their
				citizens. If a party state takes such action, it shall promptly notify the
				administrator of the coordinated licensure information system. The
				administrator of the coordinated licensure information system shall promptly
				notify the home state of any such actions by remote states.
3. Every nurse practicing in a party state
				must comply with the state practice laws of the state in which the patient is
				located at the time care is rendered. In addition, the practice of nursing is
				not limited to patient care, but shall include all nursing practice as defined
				by the state practice laws of a party state. The practice of nursing will
				subject a nurse to the jurisdiction of the nurse licensing board and the
				courts, as well as the laws, in that party state.
4. This compact does not affect additional
				requirements imposed by states for advanced practice registered nursing.
				However, a multistate licensure privilege to practice registered nursing
				granted by a party state shall be recognized by other party states as a license
				to practice registered nursing if one is required by state law as a
				precondition for qualifying for advanced practice registered nurse
				authorization.
5. Individuals not
				residing in a party state shall continue to be able to apply for nurse
				licensure as provided for under the laws of each party state. However, the
				license granted to these individuals will not be recognized as granting the
				privilege to practice nursing in any other party state unless explicitly agreed
				to by that party state.
General Authority: NDCC
					 43-12.1-08
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 43-51
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-02 - Nurse Licensure › Chapter 54-02-10 - RN and LPN Nurse Licensure Compact › Section 54-02-10-04 - Applications for licensure in party state

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Upon application for a license, the
				licensing board in a party state shall ascertain, through the coordinated
				licensure information system, whether the applicant has ever held, or is the
				holder of, a license issued by any other state, whether there are any
				restrictions on the multistate licensure privilege, and whether any other
				adverse action by any state has been taken against the license.
2. A nurse in a party state shall hold
				licensure in only one party state at a time, issued by the home state.
3. A nurse who intends to change
				primary state of residence may apply for licensure in the new home state in
				advance of such change. However, new licenses will not be issued by a party
				state until after a nurse provides evidence of change in primary state of
				residence satisfactory to the new home state's licensing board.
4. When a nurse changes primary state of
				residence by:
a. Moving between two party
				states, and obtains a license from the new home state, the license from the
				former home state is no longer valid;
b. Moving from a nonparty state to a party
				state, and obtains a license from the new home state, the individual state
				license issued by the nonparty state is not affected and will remain in full
				force if so provided by the laws of the nonparty state; and
c. Moving from a party state to a nonparty
				state, the license issued by the prior home state converts to an individual
				state license, valid only in the former home state, without the multistate
				licensure privilege to practice in other party states.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-02 - Nurse Licensure › Chapter 54-02-10 - RN and LPN Nurse Licensure Compact › Section 54-02-10-05 - Adverse actions

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
In addition to the general provisions described in section
				  54-02-10-03, the following
				  provisions apply:
1. The licensing
				board of a remote state shall promptly report to the administrator of the
				coordinated licensure information system any remote state actions, including
				the factual and legal basis for such action, if known. The licensing board of a
				remote state shall also promptly report any significant current investigative
				information yet to result in a remote state action. The administrator of the
				coordinated licensure information system shall promptly notify the home state
				of any such reports.
2. The
				licensing board of a party state shall have the authority to complete any
				pending investigations for a nurse who changes primary state of residence
				during the course of such investigations. It shall also have the authority to
				take appropriate actions and shall promptly report the conclusions of such
				investigations to the administrator of the coordinated licensure information
				system. The administrator of the coordinated licensure information system shall
				promptly notify the new home state of any such actions.
3. A remote state may take adverse action
				affecting the multistate licensure privilege to practice within that party
				state. However, only the home state shall have the power to impose adverse
				action against the license issued by the home state.
4. For purposes of imposing adverse action,
				the licensing board of the home state shall give the same priority and effect
				to reported conduct received from a remote state as it would if such conduct
				had occurred within the home state. In so doing, it shall apply its own state
				laws to determine appropriate action.
5. The home state may take adverse action
				based on the factual findings of the remote state, so long as each state
				follows its own procedures for imposing such adverse action.
6. Nothing in this compact shall override a
				party state's decision that participation in an alternative program may be used
				in lieu of licensure action and that such participation shall remain nonpublic
				if required by the party state's laws. Party states must require nurses who
				enter any alternative programs to agree not to practice in any other party
				state during the term of the alternative program without prior authorization
				from such other party state.
General Authority: NDCC
					 43-12.1-08
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 43-51
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-02 - Nurse Licensure › Chapter 54-02-10 - RN and LPN Nurse Licensure Compact › Section 54-02-10-06 - Additional authorities invested in party state nurse licensing boards

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Notwithstanding any other powers, party state nurse licensing
				  boards shall have the authority to:
1. If otherwise permitted by state law,
				recover from the affected nurse the costs of investigations and disposition of
				cases resulting from any adverse action taken against that nurse;
2. Issue subpoenas for both hearings and
				investigations which require the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the
				production of evidence. Subpoenas issued by a nurse licensing board in a party
				state for the attendance and testimony of witnesses, or the production of
				evidence, or both, from another party state, shall be enforced in the latter
				state by any court of competent jurisdiction, according to the practice and
				procedure of that court applicable to subpoenas issued in proceedings pending
				before it. The issuing authority shall pay any witness fees, travel expenses,
				mileage, and other fees required by the service statutes of the state where the
				witnesses or evidence, or both, are located;
3. Issue cease and desist orders to limit or
				revoke a nurse's authority to practice in their state; and
4. Promulgate uniform rules and regulations
				as provided for in subsection 3 of section
				54-02-10-08.
General Authority: NDCC
					 43-12.1-08
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 43-51
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-02 - Nurse Licensure › Chapter 54-02-10 - RN and LPN Nurse Licensure Compact › Section 54-02-10-07 - Coordinated licensure information system

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. All party states shall participate in a
				cooperative effort to create a coordinated data base of all licensed registered
				nurses and licensed practical or vocational nurses. This system will include
				information on the licensure and disciplinary history of each nurse, as
				contributed by party states, to assist in the coordination of nurse licensure
				and enforcement efforts.
2.
				Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all party states' licensing boards
				shall promptly report adverse actions, actions against multistate licensure
				privileges, any current significant investigative information yet to result in
				adverse action, denials of applications, and the reasons for such denials, to
				the coordinated licensure information system.
3. Current significant investigative
				information shall be transmitted through the coordinated licensure information
				system only to party state licensing boards.
4. Notwithstanding any other provision of
				law, all party states' licensing boards contributing information to the
				coordinated licensure information system may designate information that may not
				be shared with nonparty states or disclosed to other entities or individuals
				without the express permission of the contributing state.
5. Any personally identifiable information
				obtained by a party states' licensing board from the coordinated licensure
				information system may not be shared with nonparty states or disclosed to other
				entities or individuals, except to the extent permitted by the laws of the
				party state contributing the information.
6. Any information contributed to the
				coordinated licensure information system that is subsequently required to be
				expunged by the laws of the party state contributing that information shall
				also be expunged from the coordinated licensure information system.
7. The compact administrators, acting jointly
				with each other and in consultation with the administrator of the coordinated
				licensure information system, shall formulate necessary and proper procedures
				for the identification, collection, and exchange of information under this
				compact.
General Authority: NDCC
					 43-12.1-08
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 43-51
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-02 - Nurse Licensure › Chapter 54-02-10 - RN and LPN Nurse Licensure Compact › Section 54-02-10-07.1 - Information system - Levels of access

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1.
				The public shall have access to nurse licensure information in accordance with
				North Dakota Century Code Chapter 44-04, including:
a. The nurse's name;
b. Jurisdictions of licensure;
c. License expiration dates;
d. Licensure classification and status;
e. Public emergency and final
				disciplinary actions, as defined by contributing state authority; and
f. The status of multistate
				licensure privileges.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-02 - Nurse Licensure › Chapter 54-02-10 - RN and LPN Nurse Licensure Compact › Section 54-02-10-08 - Compact administration and interchange of information

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. The head of the nurse licensing board, or
				that person's designee, of each party state shall be the administrator of this
				compact for that state.
2. The
				compact administrator of each party state shall furnish to the compact
				administrator of each other party state any information and documents,
				including a uniform data set of investigations, identifying information,
				licensure data, and disclosable alternative program participation information
				to facilitate the administration of this compact.
3. Compact administrators shall have the
				authority to develop uniform rules to facilitate and coordinate implementation
				of this compact. These uniform rules shall be adopted by party states, under
				the authority invested under subsection 4 of section
				54-02-10-06.
General Authority: NDCC
					 43-12.1-08
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 43-51
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-02 - Nurse Licensure › Chapter 54-02-10 - RN and LPN Nurse Licensure Compact › Section 54-02-10-09 - Immunity

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
No party state or the officers or employees or agents of a
				  party state's nurse licensing board who acts in accordance with the provisions
				  of this compact shall be liable on account of any act or omission in good faith
				  while engaged in the performance of duties under this compact. Good faith in
				  this article shall not include willful misconduct, gross negligence, or
				  recklessness.
General Authority: NDCC
					 43-12.1-08
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 43-51
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-02 - Nurse Licensure › Chapter 54-02-10 - RN and LPN Nurse Licensure Compact › Section 54-02-10-10 - Implementation, withdrawal, and amendment

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1.
				This compact shall enter into force and become effective as to any state when
				it has been enacted into the laws of that state. Any party state may withdraw
				from this compact by enacting a statute or administrative rules, repealing the
				same, but no such withdrawal shall take effect until six months after the
				withdrawing state has given notice of the withdrawal to the executive heads of
				all other party states.
2. No
				withdrawal shall affect the validity or applicability by the licensing boards
				of states remaining party to the compact of any report of adverse action
				occurring prior to the withdrawal.
3. Nothing contained in this compact shall be
				construed to invalidate or prevent any nurse licensure agreement or other
				cooperative arrangement between a party state and a nonparty state that is made
				in accordance with the other provisions of this compact.
4. This compact may be amended by the party
				states. No amendment to this compact shall become effective and binding upon
				the party states unless and until it is enacted into the laws or administrative
				rules of all party states.
General Authority: NDCC
					 43-12.1-08
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 43-51
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-02 - Nurse Licensure › Chapter 54-02-10 - RN and LPN Nurse Licensure Compact › Section 54-02-10-11 - Construction and severability

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. This
				compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof.
				The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause,
				sentence, or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the
				constitution of any party state or of the United States or the applicability
				thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance is held invalid, the
				validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any
				government, agency, person, or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If
				this compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of any state party
				thereto, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining
				party states and in full force and effect as to the party state affected as to
				all severable matters.
2. In the
				event party states find a need for settling disputes arising under this
				compact:
a. The party states may submit the
				issues in dispute to an arbitration panel which will be comprised of an
				individual appointed by the compact administrator in the home state; an
				individual appointed by the compact administrator in the remote states
				involved; and an individual mutually agreed upon by the compact administrators
				of all the party states involved in the dispute.
b. The decision of a majority of the
				arbitrators shall be final and binding.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-02 - Nurse Licensure › Chapter 54-02-10 - RN and LPN Nurse Licensure Compact › Section 54-02-10-12 - Other compact requirements - Compact administration

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. "Head of the nurse licensing board" as
				used to define the compact administrator in section
				54-02-10-08 means the North Dakota
				board of nursing.
2. Upon the
				effective date of this compact, the licensing board of North Dakota will
				participate with other licensing boards in a compact evaluation initiative,
				designed to evaluate the effectiveness and operability of this compact. Such
				compact evaluation initiative will be conducted by the nurse licensure compact
				administrators. A component of the compact evaluation initiative shall include
				a remote state identification system through which nurses will designate those
				remote states in which the nurse is practicing. A nurse's practice information
				in such identification system will be updated upon issuance and renewal of the
				nurse's license. The compact evaluation initiative shall continue until the
				year 2008, after which time a report shall be produced for comment by the
				participating licensing boards and will be submitted to the North Dakota
				legislative assembly in the form of a nurse licensure compact evaluation
				report.
3. To facilitate
				cross-state enforcement efforts, North Dakota law provides the power to recover
				from the affected nurse, as authorized by North Dakota Century Code section
				43-12.1-13, the assessment of
				costs or disbursements, or both, resulting from adverse actions taken by this
				state against that nurse.
4. This
				compact is designed to facilitate the regulation of nurses and does not relieve
				employers from complying with statutorily imposed obligations.
5. This compact does not supersede existing
				state labor laws.
6. This compact
				does not take effect before July 1, 2003.
General Authority: NDCC
					 43-12.1-08
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 43-51
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-02 - Nurse Licensure › Chapter 54-02-11 - Short-Term Clinical Education › Section 54-02-11-01 - Short-term clinical education

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1.
				Short-term clinical education. A North Dakota health care facility may conduct
				a program to allow nurses licensed by another jurisdiction to receive
				short-term clinical education that involves direct patient contact and does not
				exceed eighty hours.
2. The North
				Dakota health care facility that will provide short-term clinical education to
				persons who do not have a license to practice in North Dakota must receive
				written approval from the board prior to commencing the program.
3. The following information must be
				submitted to the board prior to commencing the program and every twenty-four
				months or as changes occur to the program:
a.
				Syllabus that includes objectives.
b. Name and qualification of the North Dakota
				registered nurse who is responsible for providing the clinical education and
				the required supervision.
c. Name
				of nurse participating in the program and verification of current, unencumbered
				license from another jurisdiction.
d. Verification of the limitof eighty hours
				of practice in a calendar year.
e.
				Submission of a nonrefundable two-year approval fee of one hundred dollars.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-02 - Nurse Licensure › Chapter 54-02-12 - Criminal History Record Checks for Licensure › Section 54-02-12-01 - Criminal history record checks

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Individuals must submit a set of fingerprints to the board or
				  its agent for the purpose of obtaining a state and federal criminal history
				  record check in the manner provided by North Dakota Century Code section
				  12-60-24 and as set forth by the
				  board. An authorization and release form must be signed by the applicant
				  authorizing the release of the criminal history record information to the
				  board. The fingerprint card, authorization and release form, and fee for the
				  criminal history record check must be submitted with the application for
				  licensure.
1. The following
				individuals must submit to a criminal history record check:
a. Applicants for initial licensure,
				including licensure by examination or endorsement.
b. Applicants for initial licensure or
				reactivation of advanced practice licensure or specialty practice licensure.
c. Applicants for reactivation or
				reinstatement of RN or LPN license.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-03.2 - Standards for Nursing Education Programs › Chapter 54-03.2-01 - General Provisions › Section 54-03.2-01-01 - Statement of intent

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The legislative assembly enacted legislation to permit the
				  board to periodically review and approve nursing education programs. The
				  purpose of the review is to ensure that graduates of nursing education programs
				  are prepared to provide safe and effective nursing care. The nursing education
				  program standards established by the board serve as a guide for the development
				  of new nursing education programs and the closure of programs. The standards
				  also foster the continued improvement of established nursing education programs
				  to meet the changing needs of society and the development of the profession.
				  The standards provide criteria for the evaluation of new and established
				  nursing education programs. The graduate of a program approved by the board is
				  eligible to apply for admission to the licensure examination for nurses.
General Authority: NDCC
					 43-12.1-17
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 43-12.1-17(1)
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-03.2 - Standards for Nursing Education Programs › Chapter 54-03.2-01 - General Provisions › Section 54-03.2-01-03 - Standards for nursing education

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Programs of nursing education shall prepare nurses to deliver
				  client-centered care as members of an interdisciplinary team emphasizing
				  evidence-based practice, quality improvement approaches, and information
				  management consistent with scope of practice and level of licensure
				  sought.
1. The purpose and outcomes of
				the nursing education program must be consistent with the Nurse Practices Act
				and administrative rules and other relevant statutes.
2. The purpose and outcomes of the nursing
				education program must be consistent with generally accepted standards of
				nursing practice appropriate for graduates of the type of nursing program
				education offered.
3. The input
				from the community of interest must be considered in the development and
				evaluation of the purpose and outcomes of the program.
4. The nursing education program shall
				implement a comprehensive, systematic plan for ongoing evaluation that is based
				on program and student learning outcomes and incorporates continuous
				improvement.
5. The faculty and
				students shall participate in program planning, implementation, evaluation, and
				continuous improvement.
6. The
				curriculum must be evidence-based and provide diverse learning experiences
				consistent with program and student learning outcomes.
7. The fiscal, human, physical, and learning
				resources must be adequate to support program processes and outcomes.
8. The nursing education program
				administrator must be a registered nurse who is academically qualified and has
				institutional authority with administrative responsibility for the
				program.
9. Academically and
				clinically qualified and registered nurse faculty must be sufficient in numbers
				and expertise to accomplish program outcomes and quality improvement.
10. Program information communicated by the
				nursing education program must be fair, accurate, inclusive, consistent, and
				readily available to the public.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17(1)
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-03.2 - Standards for Nursing Education Programs › Chapter 54-03.2-02 - Organization and Administration › Section 54-03.2-02-01 - Accreditation requirements

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The sponsor institution offering the nursing education
				  program must be accredited by a United States department of
				  education-recognized regional or national accreditation
				  entity.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17(1)
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-03.2 - Standards for Nursing Education Programs › Chapter 54-03.2-02 - Organization and Administration › Section 54-03.2-02-02 - Organizational design

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
There must be an organizational design of the sponsor
				  institution that demonstrates the relationship of the nursing education program
				  to the administration and to comparable programs within the institution, and
				  that clearly delineates the lines of authority, responsibility, and channels of
				  communication. The program faculty is given the opportunity to participate in
				  the governance of the program and sponsor institution.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17(1)
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-03.2 - Standards for Nursing Education Programs › Chapter 54-03.2-02 - Organization and Administration › Section 54-03.2-02-03 - Nursing education program organizational design

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The nursing education program must have an organizational
				  design with clearly defined authority, responsibility, and channels of
				  communication that assures both faculty and student
				  involvement.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17(1)
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-03.2 - Standards for Nursing Education Programs › Chapter 54-03.2-02 - Organization and Administration › Section 54-03.2-02-04 - Nursing education program consistency with sponsor institution

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The program must have a written purpose that is consistent
				  with the mission of the sponsor institution. The program must have written
				  policies that are congruent with the sponsor institution policies and are
				  periodically reviewed.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17(1)
.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-03.2 - Standards for Nursing Education Programs › Chapter 54-03.2-02 - Organization and Administration › Section 54-03.2-02-05 - Nursing education program evaluation

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
A comprehensive nursing education program evaluation must be
				  ongoing and must include student achievement of program and student learning
				  outcomes, multiple measures of student success after graduation, licensing
				  examination pass rates, and evaluating program resources. Use of evaluation
				  .ndings for relevant decisionmaking must be evident.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17(1)
.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-03.2 - Standards for Nursing Education Programs › Chapter 54-03.2-02 - Organization and Administration › Section 54-03.2-02-06 - Financial support

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
There must be evidence of financial support and resources
				  adequate to achieve the purpose of the nursing education program. Resources
				  include facilities, equipment, supplies, and qualified administrative,
				  instructional, and support personnel.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17(1)
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-03.2 - Standards for Nursing Education Programs › Chapter 54-03.2-03 - Nurse Administrator › Section 54-03.2-03-01 - Administrator responsibilities

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The administrator provides the leadership and is accountable
				  for the administration, planning, implementation, and evaluation of the
				  program. The administrator responsibilities include the following:
1. Develop and maintain an environment
				conducive to the teaching and learning processes;
2. Maintain a relationship with
				administrative and other units within the academic setting;
3. Provide leadership within the faculty for
				the development and implementation of the curriculum;
4. Manage the program budget; and
5. Provide oversight of faculty recruitment,
				development, performance review, promotion, and retention.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17(1)
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-03.2 - Standards for Nursing Education Programs › Chapter 54-03.2-03 - Nurse Administrator › Section 54-03.2-03-02 - Practical or associate degree nurse education program administrator qualifications

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The qualifications for an administrator in a program leading
				  to a certificate in practical nursing or associate degree in nursing
				  are:
1. A minimum of a master's degree
				from an accredited institution with a major in nursing;
2. A current unencumbered registered nurse
				license or privilege to practice;
3. Experience in teaching and knowledge of
				learning principles for adult education, including nursing curriculum
				development, administration, and evaluation; and
4. A current knowledge of nursing practice at
				the practical or associate degree nurse level or as otherwise approved by the
				board.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17(2)
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-03.2 - Standards for Nursing Education Programs › Chapter 54-03.2-03 - Nurse Administrator › Section 54-03.2-03-03 - Baccalaureate or master's degree nurse education program administrator qualifications

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The qualifications for an administrator in a program leading
				  to a baccalaureate or master's degree of nursing are:
1. An earned doctoral degree in nursing or an
				earned master's degree in nursing and an earned doctoral degree from an
				accredited institution;
2. A
				current unencumbered registered nurse license or privilege to
				practice;
3. Experience in teaching
				and knowledge of learning principles for adult education, including nursing
				curriculum development, administration, and evaluation; and
4. A current knowledge of nursing practice at
				the baccalaureate or master's degree nurse level or as otherwise approved by
				the board.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17(3)
.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-03.2 - Standards for Nursing Education Programs › Chapter 54-03.2-03 - Nurse Administrator › Section 54-03.2-03-.03.1 - Doctoral degree nurse education program administrator quali.cations

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. An earned
				doctoral degree in nursing or an earned master's degree in nursing and an
				earned doctoral degree from an accredited institution;
2. A current unencumbered registered nurse
				license or privilege to practice; and
3. A current knowledge or nursing practice at
				the doctoral degree level or as otherwise approved by the board.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17(1)
.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-03.2 - Standards for Nursing Education Programs › Chapter 54-03.2-03 - Nurse Administrator › Section 54-03.2-03-05 - Employment of academically unqualified administrator

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The board may approve a nursing education program that
				  employs an administrator who does not meet the educational requirements in
				  section 54-03.2-03-03 in the following
				  circumstances:
1. The program
				maintains full approval by the board and the sponsoring institution
				demonstrates to the satisfaction of the board that substantial effort was used
				to recruit a candidate with the required credentials, and the candidate is
				currently enrolled in a doctoral degree program offered by an accredited
				institution and can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the board a specific
				plan of completion within seven years of hire for a doctoral degree; and
a. The institution demonstrates to the
				satisfaction of the board that eighty-five percent of the program's nursing
				faculty full-time equivalents have the required degree; or
b. A faculty of seven or fewer members will
				have no more than one nursing faculty full-time equivalent that is
				unqualified.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-03.2 - Standards for Nursing Education Programs › Chapter 54-03.2-04 - Faculty › Section 54-03.2-04-01 - Faculty responsibilities

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
There must be sufficient number of qualified faculty to meet
				  the objectives and outcomes of the nursing education program. Nursing education
				  program faculty responsibilities include the following:
1. Plan, implement, evaluate, and update the
				program and curriculum using a written plan;
2. Develop, implement, evaluate, and update
				policies for student admission, progression, retention, and graduation in
				keeping with the policies of the sponsor institution;
3. Participate in academic advisement and
				guidance of students;
4. Provide
				theoretical instruction and practice experiences;
5. Select, monitor, and evaluate preceptors
				and the student learning experience as defined in section
				54-03.2-04-07;
6. Evaluate student achievement of curricular
				outcomes related to nursing knowledge and practice;
7. Evaluate student learning outcomes and
				participate in the evaluation of program outcomes; and
8. Participate in activities that facilitate
				maintaining the faculty members' own nursing competence and professional
				expertise in the area of teaching responsibility.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17(1)
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-03.2 - Standards for Nursing Education Programs › Chapter 54-03.2-04 - Faculty › Section 54-03.2-04-02 - Faculty policies

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The policies and procedures are available in writing and
				  include:
1. Qualifications for the
				position;
2. Rights and
				responsibilities related to the position;
3. Criteria for evaluation of performance;
				and
4. Promotion, retention, and
				tenure policies.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17(1)
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-03.2 - Standards for Nursing Education Programs › Chapter 54-03.2-04 - Faculty › Section 54-03.2-04-03 - Practical or associate degree nurse education program faculty qualifications

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
There must be sufficient faculty with graduate preparation
				  and nursing expertise to achieve the purpose of the program and comply with the
				  following:
1. The nurse faculty who
				have responsibility for planning, implementing, and evaluating a nursing course
				in a program leading to practice as a practical nurse or an associate
				degree-registered nurse must have:
a. A
				minimum of a master's degree from an accredited institution. If the master's
				degree is in a discipline other than nursing, evidence of acceptable graduate
				level coursework in nursing, which includes learning principles for adult
				education, nursing curriculum development, administration, and evaluation, must
				be submitted to the board;
b. A
				current unencumbered registered nurse license or privilege to practice;
				and
c. Evidence of prior nursing
				practice experience.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-03.2 - Standards for Nursing Education Programs › Chapter 54-03.2-04 - Faculty › Section 54-03.2-04-04 - Baccalaureate or master's degree nurse education program faculty qualifications

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
There must be sufficient faculty with graduate preparation
				  and nursing expertise to achieve the purpose of the program and comply with the
				  following:
1. Nurse faculty must have
				a minimum of a master's degree from an accredited institution. If a master's
				degree is in a discipline other than nursing, the faculty member must submit
				evidence of acceptable graduate level coursework in nursing, which includes
				learning principles for adult education, nursing curriculum development,
				administration, and evaluation.
a. The
				majority of graduate program faculty must hold an earned doctoral
				degree;
b. Nurse faculty must be
				registered nurses with a current unencumbered license or privilege to practice;
				and
c. Evidence of prior nursing
				practice experience.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-03.2 - Standards for Nursing Education Programs › Chapter 54-03.2-04 - Faculty › Section 54-03.2-04-04.1 - Doctoral degree nurse education program faculty qualifications

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
There must be sufficient faculty with doctoral graduate
				  preparation and nursing expertise to achieve the purpose of the program and
				  comply with the following:
1. Nurse
				faculty must have an earned doctoral degree in nursing or an earned master's
				degree in nursing and an earned doctoral degree from an accredited institution,
				and shall meet the following requirements:
a.
				An unencumbered registered nurse license or privilege to practice;
				and
b. Evidence of prior nursing
				practice experience.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-03.2 - Standards for Nursing Education Programs › Chapter 54-03.2-04 - Faculty › Section 54-03.2-04-06 - Nonnursing faculty qualifications

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Faculty, who have primary responsibility for teaching
				  supportive courses in a nursing education program, must hold a master's degree
				  from an accredited institution or a comparable professional credential in their
				  respective discipline.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17(1)
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-03.2 - Standards for Nursing Education Programs › Chapter 54-03.2-04 - Faculty › Section 54-03.2-04-07 - Preceptors

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
A preceptor provides supervision of a nursing student's
				  practice experience and precepts at the direction of the faculty member
				  responsible for the course in which the student is enrolled.
1. Clinical preceptors may be used to enhance
				clinical learning experiences, after a student has received clinical and
				didactic instruction in foundation courses;
2. Preceptors may not be used to replace
				clinical faculty in prelicensure certificate, associate, or baccalaureate
				degree nursing programs;
3.
				Interdisciplinary preceptors must hold credentials for their applicable
				practice;
4. The preceptor must be
				educated at the same or higher level as the academic program in which the
				student is enrolled or must have demonstrated competencies that are appropriate
				for the student's learning experience;
5. Criteria for selecting preceptors must be
				in writing;
6. The functions and
				responsibilities of the preceptor must be delineated in writing and provided to
				the preceptor;
7. The faculty
				member retains responsibility for the student's learning experiences and
				confers periodically with the preceptor and student for the purposes of
				monitoring and evaluating the learning experiences; and
8. A preceptor shall supervise no more than
				two students during any one scheduled work time or shift.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17(1)
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-03.2 - Standards for Nursing Education Programs › Chapter 54-03.2-04 - Faculty › Section 54-03.2-04-08 - Employment of academically unqualified faculty

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Any individual engaged in a teaching relationship who does
				  not meet the qualifications in section
				  54-03.2-04-03,
				  54-03.2-04-04, or
				  54-03.2-04-04.1 is considered
				  academically unqualified faculty regardless of the title assigned by the
				  institution. A program may receive continued approval with faculty who do not
				  meet the educational requirements in section
				  54-03.2-04-03,
				  54-03.2-04-04, or
				  54-03.2-04-04.1 in the following
				  circumstances:
1. The program
				maintains full approval by the board and the administrator demonstrates to the
				satisfaction of the board that substantial effort was used to recruit a
				candidate with the required credentials, and the candidate is currently
				enrolled in a master's or doctoral degree program offered by an accredited
				institution and can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the board a specific
				plan of completion within four years of hire for the master's degree or seven
				years for a doctorate degree; and
a. The
				administrator demonstrates to the satisfaction of the board that eighty-five
				percent of the program's nursing faculty full-time equivalents have the
				required degree; or
b. A program
				with faculty of seven or fewer members will have no more than a total of one
				nursing faculty full-time equivalent held by an unqualified
				individual;
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-03.2 - Standards for Nursing Education Programs › Chapter 54-03.2-04 - Faculty › Section 54-03.2-04-08.1 - Faculty developmental program

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
A faculty developmental program that is approved by the board
				  must be provided for all unqualified faculty. The faculty developmental program
				  shall comply with the following requirements:
1. Each academically unqualified individual
				must be assigned a mentor who will supervise and interact with the individual
				in person at designated intervals as determined by the board.
2. The program director must notify the board
				of changes in mentors.
3. The
				program director must submit to the board the names of academically unqualified
				individuals employed as faculty and the number of full-time equivalents filled
				by these individuals each semester.
4. The program director must submit
				verification that academically unqualified individuals are continuously
				enrolled in a graduate program and making progress in the curriculum that will
				allow completion of the graduate program within the required
				timeframe.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17(1)
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-03.2 - Standards for Nursing Education Programs › Chapter 54-03.2-05 - Students › Section 54-03.2-05-01 - Student policies

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Student policies shall facilitate mobility and articulation
				  and be consistent with the sponsoring institution. Nursing education program
				  policies, recruitment, and advertising shall demonstrate fair and ethical
				  practices. The following policies must be in writing:
1. Admission, readmission, progression,
				retention, graduation, dismissal, and withdrawal;
2. Health requirements and other standards as
				may be required for protection of student health and public safety, including
				any required background checks;
3.
				Student responsibilities;
4.
				Student rights and grievance procedures;
5. Student opportunity to participate in
				nursing education program governance and evaluation; and
6. Refund of fees and tuition that complies
				with state law.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 15-20.4-06,
					 43-12.1-17(1)
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-03.2 - Standards for Nursing Education Programs › Chapter 54-03.2-06 - Curriculum › Section 54-03.2-06-01 - General curriculum

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The curriculum must:
1. Be planned, implemented, and evaluated by
				the faculty with provisions for student input;
2. Reflect the mission and purpose of the
				nursing education program;
3. Be
				organized and sequenced to meet the program outcomes;
4. Require a number of credits consistent
				with other programs at the same degree level;
5. Facilitate articulation for upward
				mobility;
6. Have a syllabus for
				each nursing course; and
7. Have
				written, measurable program outcomes, which include student learning outcomes
				that reflect the role and scope of practice for which the graduate is being
				prepared.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17(1)
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-03.2 - Standards for Nursing Education Programs › Chapter 54-03.2-06 - Curriculum › Section 54-03.2-06-02 - Programmatic changes

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Major programmatic changes must be submitted to the board for
				  approval prior to implementation.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17(1)
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 54 - Board of Nursing › Article 54-03.2 - Standards for Nursing Education Programs › Chapter 54-03.2-06 - Curriculum › Section 54-03.2-06-03 - Practice sites

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The program shall have:
1. Current written agreements with
				cooperating sites; and
2. A student
				to faculty ratio no greater than eight to one for beginning nursing students in
				clinical areas involving direct client care.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 43-12.1-17(1)