Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 10 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Part 4
Subtitle 27 - BOARD OF NURSING
Chapter 10.27.03 - Nursing Education Programs
Section 10.27.03.08 - Nurse Faculty and Clinical Nurse Faculty
Universal Citation: MD Code Reg 10.27.03.08
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 19, September 20, 2024
A. Qualifications of Nurse Faculty.
(1) Nurse faculty shall:
(a) Be currently licensed as a registered
nurse in Maryland or have a multistate licensure privilege to practice
registered nursing;
(b) Be
academically and professionally qualified;
(c) Maintain expertise appropriate to their
teaching responsibilities; and
(d)
Have a minimum of 2 years of clinical experience as a registered
nurse.
(2) Except as
provided under §B of this regulation, nurse faculty shall have a graduate
degree in nursing.
(3) Non-nurse
faculty, or nurses not meeting the requirements for nurse faculty, may teach
selected portions of the nursing curriculum that relate to their areas of
expertise.
B. Waiver of Graduate Degree in Nursing Requirement for Nursing Faculty.
(1) A program experiencing a faculty shortage
may petition the Board for a waiver of the graduate degree in nursing required
by §A(2) of this regulation.
(2) The petition for a waiver of the graduate
degree in nursing shall include documentation that the institution has
attempted to hire nurse faculty with graduate degrees and a summary of those
efforts.
(3) The petition in
§B(1) of this regulation shall include documentation verifying that the
nurse faculty applicant for whom the waiver is requested has:
(a) A baccalaureate degree in nursing and a
graduate degree in another field; or
(b) A baccalaureate degree in nursing and:
(i) Is enrolled as a student in an approved
graduate study program in nursing; and
(ii) Will complete the graduate study program
in nursing within 36 months.
(4) If the graduate degree in nursing is
waived by the Board:
(a) The nurse faculty
member for whom a waiver has been granted shall complete a minimum of 9
graduate credits in nursing within 24 months of the issuance of the waiver;
and
(b) The program shall submit
documentation to the Board o/completion of the required credits by the nurse
faculty member within 24 months of the date when the waiver was
granted.
(5) If the
nurse faculty member fails to complete the 9 graduate credits required in
nursing within 24 months of the granting of the waiver, the Board may withdraw
the waiver.
(6) If the waiver has
been withdrawn, the program shall require that the nurse faculty member cease
functioning as nurse faculty. If the program fails to do so, the Board may take
action under Regulation .17 of this chapter.
(7) Once the nurse faculty member for whom
the waiver was granted has met the 9 graduate credit waiver requirements, that
nurse faculty member is considered to have met the educational requirements of
§A(2) of this regulation.
(8)
The Board shall grant a waiver for a nurse faculty member:
(a) With experience in teaching;
and
(b) Who is within a semester of
graduation with a graduate degree in nursing.
C. Qualifications of Clinical Nurse Faculty.
(1) A clinical nurse faculty member shall:
(a) Be currently licensed as a registered
nurse in Maryland or have a multistate licensure privilege to practice
registered nursing;
(b) Have a
degree in nursing at or above the baccalaureate level;
(c) Have a minimum of 2 years of clinical
experience as a registered nurse; and
(d) Have the clinical experience necessary to
function effectively and safely in the clinical nurse faculty's area of
responsibility.
(2) A
program may not, in any academic year, fill more than 25 percent of the
program's full-time nurse faculty equivalent positions with clinical nurse
faculty whose highest nursing degree is at the baccalaureate level.
D. Responsibilities of Nurse Faculty and Clinical Nurse Faculty.
(1)
Responsibilities of the nurse faculty include participation in the planning,
implementation, evaluation, and revision of the educational program.
(2) Nurse faculty shall:
(a) Develop and implement standards for
admission, progression, and graduation of students;
(b) Participate in academic advisement and
guidance of students;
(c) Evaluate
student performance;
(d) Maintain
clinical skills in the nurse faculty's area of responsibility;
(e) Develop and implement a plan to assure
that all instructional materials are accessible, current, and relevant to the
curriculum;
(f) Participate in the
recruitment, selection, and promotion of nurse faculty and the recruitment and
selection of clinical nurse faculty;
(g) Participate in peer evaluation of nurse
faculty and clinical nurse faculty performance; and
(h) Elicit student evaluation of teaching
effectiveness.
(3)
Clinical nurse faculty shall:
(a) Provide
clinical instruction and supervision of students; and
(b) Evaluate student performance in clinical
learning experiences.
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