Indiana Administrative Code
Title 511 - INDIANA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Article 15 - SCHOOL SETTINGS AND LICENSE CONTENT AREAS
Rule 6 - Licensure Content Areas
Section 6-35 - School services: school nurse
Universal Citation: 511 IN Admin Code 6-35
Current through September 18, 2024
Authority: IC 20-28-2-6
Affected: IC 20-28
Sec. 35.
(a) The content area school nurse shall appear on the license if the department determines that the applicant as follows:
(1)
Successfully meets the following educational requirements:
(A) Receipt of a baccalaureate degree from a
program that is accredited by national, regional, or state accrediting boards
of higher education through the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, or
listed as an accredited program by the U.S. Department of Education.
(B) Registered nurses enrolled in master's
programs (RN-MSN) that do not confer bachelor's degrees shall meet the degree
requirement upon completion of the graduate program.
(C) Applicants with substantially similar
foreign educational degrees must submit validated transcripts with both general
academic and professional licensure evaluation reports from an accredited
foreign educational credential evaluation service, as those with memberships in
the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES).
(D) Applicants with baccalaureate degrees in
fields not related to health, but who hold graduate degrees in health related
areas that include substantially similar course work as that required under
clause (A), may submit a letter requesting a waiver to the eligibility
requirements to the director of licensing.
(2) Meets the following clinical practice
(practicum) requirements:
(A) A minimum of one
thousand (1,000) hours during the past three (3) years as defined in clauses
(B) through (E).
(B) Clinical
practice in school nursing means actively employed or contracted to provide a
direct or indirect professional contribution to the health and education of
students and their families in public or private school settings.
(C) Direct clinical practice in school
nursing is defined as involvement in the nursing process in a school setting
where the nursing actions and judgments are focused on a particular student,
family, school community, or group of students or their families where there is
continuing professional responsibility and accountability for the outcomes of
these actions.
(D) Indirect
clinical practice in school nursing is defined as involvement that:
(i) includes clinical supervision of school
nurses, education, and clinical supervision of baccalaureate/master's nursing
students in school health, administration of school health services, research,
consultation, or other engagement in the field of school nursing that
contributes to the specialty's body of knowledge or enhances the quality of
school nursing practice; and
(ii)
entails continuing professional responsibility and accountability for the
outcomes of the involvement.
(E) Not eligible as clinical practice in
school nursing includes the following:
(i)
Substitute nursing in a school, except as a full-time substitute working
consecutive days for the required clinical practice hours.
(ii) One-to-one nursing as the nurse's sole
responsibility within a school.
(iii) Employment in the direct sales,
marketing, or distribution of school nursing-related products or services in
pharmaceutical, technology or other school health-related industries.
(iv) Community health screenings.
(v) Work in a camp setting.
(vi) Preceptorship/mentor.
(vii) Jobs unrelated to school
nursing.
(3)
Obtains a registered nurse's license through the Indiana state board of
nursing.
(b) The holder of the content area of school services: school nurse license is eligible to serve as a school nurse in prekindergarten through grade 12 and the setting P-12 shall appear on the physical license. The school services: school nurse licensure is required for anyone serving as the school health services coordinator.
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