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 › ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF NURSING PROGRAMS › Section 21.61 - Baccalaureate and associate degree programs: organizational requirements

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) The educational
						unit in nursing shall be established as a department, division, school or
						college of the controlling institution in accordance with the structural plan
						of the institution.
(b)
						Relationships with central administrative officers, interrelationships among
						other disciplines and services of the institution and representation on
						institutional councils and committees for faculty of the educational unit in
						nursing shall be consistent with the interaction and responsibilities accorded
						to other faculty members of the institution.
(c) Adequate funds shall be allocated and
						properly budgeted for the sound and effective operation of the
						program.
(d) Policies in effect for
						faculty members of the educational unit in nursing shall be those in effect for
						faculty members throughout the controlling institution, except where specified
						otherwise in this chapter.
(e) The
						educational unit in nursing shall have administrative authority and
						responsibility consonant with the general policies of the controlling
						institution.
(f) The resources,
						facilities and services of the controlling institution shall be available to
						and used by the educational unit in nursing and shall be adequate to meet the
						needs of the faculty and the students.
(g) Cooperating agencies shall be subject to
						the following provisions:
(1) Agreements to
						utilize field agencies outside the structural control of the controlling
						institution shall be initiated by the educational unit in nursing.
(2) Cooperating agencies or services selected
						by the school shall be approved by the appropriate State and National bodies,
						if such exist.
(3) The agreement
						between the educational unit in nursing and the cooperating agency shall be
						developed jointly, recorded in writing, reviewed periodically by both parties,
						revised as occasion requires and consistently adhered to by those responsible
						for implementing the provisions.
(4) The agreement shall insure full control
						of student education by the faculty of the program; faculty shall have the
						freedom to teach and guide students and to select appropriate learning
						experiences in consultation with designated members of the agency
						staff.
(5) The field agencies
						selected for use shall have the quality and variety of resources for planned
						learning experiences needed for the program of the educational unit in
						nursing.
(6) Approval by the Board
						shall be obtained before the educational unit in nursing may utilize a new
						field agency for learning experiences. An Agency Data form, provided by the
						Board, shall be submitted for each new field agency used for the first
						time.