Md. Code Regs. 10.27.01.01 - Definitions
A. In this
chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Active nursing practice" as used in
Health Occupations Article, §
8-312, Annotated
Code of Maryland, means:
(a) The practice of
registered nursing or licensed practical nursing as defined in Health
Occupations Article, §
8-101, Annotated
Code of Maryland;
(b) Related
nursing activities approved by the Board, including but not limited to a
generic nursing education program, degree completion programs, or graduate
programs within the last 5 years; and
(c) Completion of a generic nursing education
program, degree completion program, or a graduate program within the last 5
years.
(2) "Biennial
renewal" means renewal of a license every 2 years in the licensee's birth
month.
(3) "Board" means the
Maryland Board of Nursing.
(4)
"Central Repository" means the Maryland Criminal Justice Information System
Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional
Services.
(5) "Continuing
education" means planned, organized learning experiences designed to augment
the knowledge, skill, and ability to enhance nursing practice and therefore
improve health care delivered to the public.
(6) "Continuing education unit (CEU) " means
1 contact hour of 50-60 minutes.
(7) "Cosign" means a registered nurse
verifies that:
(a) An activity was performed
safely and accurately by the nursing graduate; and
(b) The documentation is complete and
accurate.
(8) "Criminal
history records check " means the performance of both a State criminal history
check by the Central Repository, and a national criminal history check by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
(9) "Criminal history records information"
means information provided by the criminal history records check regarding an
applicant's criminal arrests, charges, and convictions, and other dispositions
of criminal charges.
(10)
"Educational qualifications" means that at the time the applicant graduated
from a registered nursing or licensed practical nursing education program, that
program was substantially equivalent to the registered nursing or practical
nursing education programs approved in this State.
(11) "Endorsement" means, for qualified
applicants who have an unencumbered license from another state or country to
practice registered nursing or licensed practical nursing, a waiver of the
initial licensure requirement to take the national licensure examination in
accordance with Health Occupations Article, §
8-307, Annotated
Code of Maryland.
(12) "English
language competency examination" means an examination that tests an
individual's written and oral competency in the English language.
(13) "Multistate licensure privilege" means
an authorization to practice registered nursing or licensed practical nursing
in Maryland that is granted to a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse
who has an active multistate license issued by another state in accordance with
the Nurse Licensure Compact.
(14)
"NCLEX" means the National Council Licensure Examination for initial licensure
as a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse.
(15) "Preceptor" means a registered nurse who meets
the qualifications of faculty as described in Regulation .16 of this
chapter.
(16) "Preceptorship"
means an individualized refresher course approved by the Board and offered by
an institution employing nurses which complies with Regulation .16 of this
chapter.
(17) "Student" means a
registered nurse or licensed practical nurse who is required to complete a
refresher course in order to maintain or reestablish an active
license.
(18) "Substantially
equivalent" has the meaning stated in §§C and D of this
regulation.
(19) "Volunteer" means
a licensee who, at the time of licensure renewal, elects to receive a license
which only allows the licensee to provide professional services without
remuneration.
(20) "Written and
oral competency in the English language" means the ability to demonstrate
proficiency in listening, reading, speaking, and writing the English
language.
C.
"Substantially equivalent" means a registered nursing or licensed practical
nursing education program that:
(1) Contains
theoretical learning experiences and related clinical learning experiences that
include direct patient care within various settings consistent with program
objectives, outcomes, or competencies conducted either concurrently with or
after the theoretical learning experience; and
(2) Meets the curriculum requirements for
Maryland schools of nursing at the time of the applicant's graduation,
including, but not limited to:
(a) The
appropriate level of the graduate's intended scope of practice;
(b) Didactic and clinical learning
experiences that are diverse and consistent with program objectives, outcomes,
or competencies;
(c) Didactic and
clinical instruction in nursing care of families and clients throughout the
life span in a variety of care settings requiring nursing measures appropriate
for:
(i) The maintenance or restoration of
mental and physical health;
(ii)
Preventive, rehabilitative, and curative aspects of health care;
(iii) Biophysical, psychosocial, cultural,
and spiritual components of health and illness; and
(iv) Professional issues content;
and
(d) Didactic and
clinical instructional content that includes, but is not limited to, the areas
of:
(i) Medical and surgical
nursing;
(ii) Maternal and child
health;
(iii) Psychiatric nursing;
and
(iv) Geriatric nursing
D. "Substantially equivalent" does not mean a
registered nurse or licensed practical nursing education program in another
state or country that does not have a supervised clinical learning experience
requirement.
Notes
Regulations .01 renumbered
Regulation .01 adopted effective March 23, 1979 (6:6 Md. R. 512)
Regulations .01 repealed effective August 11, 1986 (13:16 Md. R. 1827)
Regulations .01 adopted effective August 11, 1986 (13:16 Md. R. 1827)
Regulations .01 amended as an emergency provision effective April 11, 1994 (21:9 Md. R. 744); amended permanently effective August 15, 1994 (21:16 Md. R. 1384)
Regulation .01B amended effective December 11, 1989 (16:24 Md. R. 2620); May 10, 1993 (20:9 Md. R. 779)
Regulation .01B amended effective March 1, 2004 (31:4 Md. R. 316)
Regulation .01B amended as an emergency provision effective January 2, 2007 (34:4 Md. R. 397); amended permanently effective May 7, 2007 (34:9 Md. R. 825)
Regulation .01B amended effective September 22, 2008 (35:19 Md. R. 1717)
Regulation .01C adopted effective September 22, 2008 (35:19 Md. R. 1717); amended effective 45:13 Md. R. 667, eff.
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