Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-5 - Nursing Education Programs › Section 4723-5-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions
				shall apply:
(A) "Administrator of the
			 program" or "program administrator" means the registered nurse who is
			 administratively responsible for a program.
(B) "Advanced standing" means credit granted
			 for prior nursing courses or transfer credit, according to the policy required
			 by paragraph (A)(3) of rule
			 4723-5-12 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(C)
			 "Accelerated program" means a program or program track that accepts applicants
			 with a non-nursing baccalaureate or higher degree, and that provides a
			 pre-license nursing education program curriculum that meets the requirements of
			 rule
			 4723-5-13
			 of the Administrative Code, except that the program spans a minimum of
			 fifty-two weeks of clinical courses.
(D)
								"Associate
			 program administrator" means a registered nurse who meets the requirements set
			 forth in rule
			 4723-5-10
			 of the Administrative Code for a registered nursing education program or rule
			 4723-5-11
			 of the Adminstrative Code for a practical nursing education
			 program.
(E) "Change of control"
			 means transfer of the authority to manage, direct, or supervise a program from
			 a controlling agency to another entity, including, but not limited to, the
			 power, directly or indirectly, to direct the management or policies of a
			 program or to vote fifty per cent or more of any class of voting interest in an
			 entity that is the controlling agency.
(F) "Clinical course"
			 means a nursing course that includes clinical experience.
(G)
			 "Clinical experience" means an activity planned to meet course objectives or
			 outcomes and to provide a nursing student with the opportunity to practice
			 cognitive, psychomotor, and affective skills in the supervised delivery of
			 nursing care to an individual or group of individuals who require nursing
			 care.
(H) "Compliance" means
			 a program meets and maintains the requirements set forth in this
			 chapter.
(I) "Conceptual
			 framework" means the key concepts and basic themes drawn from the program's
			 philosophy that form the basis for the curriculum.
(J) "Conditional
			 approval" means the initial approval status granted to a proposed program that
			 meets and maintains the requirements of this chapter. Conditional approval
			 authorizes implementation of the program and is required prior to the final
			 acceptance of a student into the program.
(K) "Controlling
			 agency" means the entity that grants credentials upon completion of a program
			 and under which a program is organized and administered.
(L)
			 "Course objectives or outcomes" means the cognitive, psychomotor, or affective
			 knowledge and skills to be learned by the nursing student upon completion of a
			 course.
(M) "Current, valid
			 license" and "current, valid licensure" mean, for the period from February 1,
			 2008 to February 1, 2016, an individual holds a license issued under Chapter
			 4723. of the Revised Code that is not inactive, suspended, revoked, or
			 currently subject to any restrictions, and for which the individual continues
			 to meet all of the requirements for issuance.
(N) "Current, valid
			 license" and "current, valid licensure" mean an individual holds a license to
			 practice nursing issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code that is not
			 inactive, suspended, revoked, subject to restrictions, or subject to a consent
			 agreement or board order with remaining terms or conditions that the individual
			 has not satisfied, and for which the individual continues to meet all of the
			 requirements for issuance.
(O) "Curriculum" means
			 all theory components, clinical components, and laboratory experiences that
			 must be successfully completed for admission to licensure
			 examinations.
(P) "Faculty" means a
			 registered nurse who meets the faculty requirements set forth in rule
			 4723-5-10
			 of the Administrative Code for a registered nursing education program or rule
			 4723-5-11
			 of the Administrative Code for a practical nursing education program. Faculty:
(1) Plan and teach all courses containing
			 nursing objectives, or direct the teaching of those courses provided by
			 teaching assistants;
(2) Report to
			 the program administrator or associate administrator; and
(3) Contribute to the evaluation and
			 implementation of, or changes in program curriculum.