Pennsylvania Code › Title 49 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS › Part I - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › Subpart A - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 21 - STATE BOARD OF NURSING › Subchapter B - PRACTICAL NURSES › APPROVAL OF PRACTICAL NURSING PROGRAMS › Section 21.162a - Failure to comply with standards

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) If the Board receives information
						suggesting that a nursing education program has not maintained the standards of
						this subchapter, the Board will validate the information and notify the
						program, in writing, of the alleged deficiency. The Board may request
						information from the program or conduct an announced or unannounced site visit
						before notifying the program of the alleged deficiency. The Board may
						informally resolve any deficiency.
(b) The Board will notify a program, in
						writing, that the program will be placed on provisional approval
						status.
(c) If the Board places a
						nursing education program on provisional approval status, the Board will notify
						the program, in writing, of the deficiencies and the amount of time that will
						be allowed for correction of the deficiencies that resulted in the program's
						placement on provisional approval status. The Board may extend the time period
						for correction of deficiencies at its discretion if the program is making
						demonstrable progress toward the correction of deficiencies. If additional
						deficiencies are identified, the existing provisional period may be extended at
						the discretion of the Board.
(d)
						The Board may place restrictions on a nursing education program on provisional
						approval status as deemed necessary by the Board to bring the program into
						compliance with this subchapter and will notify the program, in writing, of the
						restrictions.
(e) The Board may
						require that a nursing education program on provisional approval status prepare
						and submit additional reports and will notify the program, in writing, of the
						reports required.
(f) The Board may
						make announced or unannounced site visits to a nursing education program on
						provisional approval status.
(g) A
						period of 2 years will be the maximum time period allowed for the correction of
						deficiencies that returns the program to compliance with the Board's
						regulations. A program may petition the Board for extension of the maximum
						period and the Board may, by majority vote, extend the period for good cause
						demonstrated by the program.
(h) If
						the standards of this subchapter are met within the designated time, the
						nursing education program will be removed from provisional approval status. The
						Board will notify the program in writing of this action.
(i) If the standards of this subchapter are
						not met within the designated time, the nursing education program will be
						removed from the approved list as provided in §
												21.166 (relating to removal from
						approved list).
(j) Within 10 days
						of service of a request under subsection (a) or (e) or notice of the imposition
						of a restriction under subsection (d), a nursing education program may appeal
						the action of the staff as provided in 1 Pa. Code §
												35.20 (relating to appeals from
						actions of the staff).
(k) The
						failure of a program to cooperate with the Board by failing to provide
						requested information or reports, by refusing or limiting a site visit, or by
						refusing to adhere to restrictions mandated by the Board will be considered a
						violation of the standards for nursing education programs and may result in
						immediate referral of the program to the prosecution division to consider
						formal action to remove the program from the approved list as provided in
						§
												21.166 (relating to removal from
						approved list).
The provisions of this §
														21.162a adopted under sections
							 2.1(k) and 6.1 of
							 The Professional Nursing Law (63 P.S. §§
															212.1(k) and
							 216.1); and sections 9 and
							 17.6 of the Practical Nurse Law (63 P.S. §§
															659 and
							 667.6).