Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 632 - Nursing
PROGRAMS FOR EDUCATION OF NURSES
Section 632.675 - Faculty: General requirements
Current through December 12, 2024
1. A program of nursing must have a competent and stable faculty. The majority of the members of the faculty must be full-time employees.
2. Of the faculty who are hired after August 13, 2004:
3. The Executive Director of the Board may, for good cause shown, waive the requirements of paragraph (b) of subsection 2.
4. The members of the faculty shall develop and evaluate the curriculum and the educational practices of the program.
5. In courses relating to the care of patients, there must be at least 1 member of the faculty for every 12 students.
6. A program of nursing that uses the personnel of a clinical facility as preceptors to instruct the clinical experience of students must require:
7. In addition to the requirements set forth in subsection 6, a program of nursing that uses the personnel of a clinical facility as preceptors to instruct the clinical experience of students:
8. There must be at least one qualified administrator for each department or division of the program.
9. If a university or college offers a program of nursing for more than one level of preparation, there must be one person who is responsible for each such level.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Nursing, eff. 9-17-90; A by R141-97, 1-26-98; R091-04, 8-13-2004; R196-07, 4-17-2008; R112-11, 2-15-2012; A by R035-23A, eff. 12/15/2023
NRS 632.120, 632.430, 632.440, section 1 of Assembly Bill No. 401, chapter 42, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 193