Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) Each hospital
and agency serving as an affiliating agency and providing facilities for
clinical experience shall be licensed or accredited by the appropriate
credentialing groups.
(b)
(1) The advanced nursing education program or
the institution of which it is a part shall be a legally constituted body. The
controlling body shall be responsible for general policy and shall provide the
financial support for the advanced nursing education program.
(2) Authority and responsibility for
administering the advanced nursing education program shall be vested in the
nurse administrator of the advanced nursing education program.
(c) Each new advanced nursing
education program shall submit, at least 60 days before a scheduled board
meeting, an initial application, which shall include all of the following:
(1) The course of study and credential to be
conferred;
(2) the rationale for
the establishment of the program;
(3) the potential effect on other advanced
nursing programs in the area;
(4)
the name and title of the nurse administrator of the advanced nursing education
program;
(5) the name of the
controlling body;
(6) the name and
title of the administrator for the controlling body;
(7) the organizational chart;
(8) all sources of financial support,
including a threeyear budget;
(9)
a proposed curriculum, indicating the total number of hours of both theoretical
and clinical instruction;
(10) the
program objectives or outcomes;
(11) the number, qualifications, and
assignments of faculty;
(12) the
faculty policies;
(13) the
admission requirements;
(14) a
copy of the current school bulletin or catalog;
(15) a description of clinical facilities and
client census data;
(16)
contractual agreements by affiliating agencies for clinical facilities, signed
at least three months before the first date on which students may enroll;
(17) the program evaluation plan;
and
(18) a proposed date of
initial admission of students to the program.
(d) Each advanced nursing education program
shall be surveyed for approval by the board, with the exception of nurse
anesthesia programs, as determined by K.A.R. 60-13-103(d)(4).
(1) During a survey, the nurse administrator
of the program shall make available all of the following:
(A) Administrators, prospective faculty and
students, affiliating agencies, representatives, preceptors, and support
services personnel to discuss the advanced nursing education program;
(B) minutes of faculty meetings;
(C) faculty and student handbooks;
(D) policies and procedures;
(E) curriculum materials;
(F) a copy of the advanced nursing
education program's budget; and
(G) affiliating agency contractual
agreements.
(2) The
nurse administrator of the advanced nursing education program or designated
personnel shall take the survey team to inspect the nursing educational
facilities, including satellite program facilities and library facilities.
(3) Upon completion of the survey,
the nurse administrator shall be asked to correct any inaccurate statements
contained in the survey report, limiting these comments to errors, unclear
statements, or omissions.
(e) Each institution contemplating the
establishment of an advanced nursing education program shall be surveyed and
accredited by the board before the admission of students.
(f) If an advanced nursing education program
fails to meet the requirements of the board within a designated period of time,
the program shall be notified by the board's designee of the board's intent to
deny approval. This notification shall be made pursuant to K.S.A. 77-512, and
amendments thereto, and shall inform the program of its right to a hearing
pursuant to the Kansas administrative procedures act.
