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 A - REGISTERED NURSES › APPROVAL OF SCHOOLS OF NURSING › Section 21.33a - 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 will 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) The Board will notify a
						program on provisional approval status, 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 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 §
												21.34 (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
						§
												21.34.
The provisions of this §
														21.33a 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).