Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE
Division 2200 - State Board of Nursing
Chapter 3 - Minimum Standards for Approved Programs of Practical Nursing
Section 20 CSR 2200-3.040 - Program Changes Requiring Board Approval, Notification, or Both

Universal Citation: 20 MO Code of State Regs 2200-3.040

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024

PURPOSE: This amendment defines major program expansion and provides existing nursing programs with notification of such major expansions.

(1) Board approval is required for changes of the following:

(A) Substantial revision of curriculum;

(B) Length of program;

(C) Increase in number of students by enrollment, transfer, or readmission by more than one (1) beyond the number approved by the board-
1. Any program expansion that would increase annual student admissions by twenty (20) or more students and/or establish a new satellite location shall be considered a major program expansion; and

2. The board will electronically notify nursing programs of requests for major program expansion;

(D) Pilot program/project;

(E) Relocation of the program or any of its components; and

(F) Substantial change in program delivery modalities.

(2) The request for board approval of program changes shall include:

(A) Narrative description of proposed change(s);

(B) Rationale for proposed changes including consistency with the program's philosophy and/or mission and graduate competencies;

(C) Side-by-side comparison of proposed changes and current practice when applicable;

(D) Timetable for implementation;

(E) Narrative of the impact of proposed changes on the program;

(F) Explanation of the impact of the proposed changes on currently enrolled students, faculty, graduates, or resources; and

(G) Methods of evaluation to be used to determine the effect of the change.

(3) The request shall be submitted by a deadline established by the board.

(4) A change in name and/or address of the program shall be submitted in writing to the board within thirty (30) days of the change.

(5) A change in a program's accreditation status by any accrediting body, to include national nursing accreditors, shall be submitted in writing to the board within thirty (30) days of the program's notification of such.

*Original authority: 335.036, RSMo 1975, amended 1981, 1985, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2007, 2008, 2011 and 335.071, RSMo 1975, amended 1981, 1999.

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