(a) The
Board grants the following types of approval to nursing education programs:
(1)
Initial. The Board may
grant initial approval to a new nursing education program, with evidence that
the standards of this subchapter are being met, for a period of time necessary
to evaluate the results of the licensing examination by the first cohort of
graduates. A program will not be placed on full approval status until it has
graduated its first class and the class has achieved an acceptable rate of
passing the National licensure examination, as set forth in §
21.162b (relating to minimum rate
for graduates of nursing education programs to pass the national licensure
examination). A program on initial approval status that fails to achieve an
acceptable rate of passing the National licensure examination upon graduation
of its first class will be placed on provisional approval status.
(2)
Full. The Board will
place those nursing education programs on full approval status which attain and
maintain the standards of this subchapter.
(3)
Provisional. The Board
may place on provisional approval a nursing education program not meeting the
standards of this subchapter. A nursing education program on full approval
status will be placed on provisional approval status if the program fails to
meet the provisions of §
21.162b.
(b) A nursing education program shall notify
applicants for admission of the program's approval status and, within 30 days
of a change of status, shall notify applicants and students by electronic mail
or first class mail that the program's approval status has changed. The program
shall provide the Board a copy of the notice sent to applicants and students. A
program shall provide additional notice to applicants and students at the
direction of the Board.
(c) For
purposes of activities relating to the approval and status of nursing education
programs, the term "Board" as used in this subchapter may mean the Board's
educational advisors appointed under section 2.1(i) of the act (63 P.S. §
212.2(i)). Only the Board
may, by a majority vote, confer initial approval status on a proposed nursing
education program, extend the maximum 2-year period for correction of
deficiencies or remove a program from the approved list.
Notes
The
provisions of this § 21.162 amended July 1, 1983, effective
7/2/1983, 13 Pa.B. 2061; amended
April 24, 2009, effective 4/25/2009, 39 Pa.B.
2103.
The provisions of this § 21.162 amended under
section 506 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. §
186); and section 8 of the Practical Nurse
Law (63 P.S. §
658); amended
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).
