New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 12 - NURSING AND HEALTH CARE RELATED PROVIDERS
Part 3 - NURSING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
Section 16.12.3.8 - TYPES OF APPROVAL

(a) All currently board approved nursing programs shall achieve national nursing accreditation by January 1, 2018.

(b) New programs shall be required to achieve national nursing accreditation by two years after the graduation of the first cohort.

(c) Programs which have received accreditation from a board-recognized national nursing accreditation agency shall file evidence of initial accreditation with the board, and thereafter shall file notice of any change in program accreditation status and report from accrediting agency's board of review; the board shall grant approval based upon evidence of such accreditation.

(d) Programs holding approval based upon national accreditation are also responsible for complying with "minimum standards for nursing programs".

(e) Full approval for a continuing period not to exceed 10 years, shall be granted to nursing programs with full national nursing accreditation.

(f) Programs that do not meet or maintain this requirement will be placed on full approval with warning.

(a) An annual report which includes information regarding compliance with 16.12.3.12 NMAC minimum standards for nursing programs shall be submitted to the board by the nursing education program.

(b) The annual NCLEX pass rate for each nursing education program is determined by the percentage of first-time test takers who have graduated within three years and who pass the examination during the exam year, from January 1st through December 31st of the calendar year.

(c) A nursing program affiliated with a public higher education institution whose high risk student population to number of students enrolled by headcount is greater than fifty percent may request full approval with a seventy-five percent first-time NCLEX pass rate. The high risk student percentage will be calculated based on the definitions and numbers of the most recent fiscal year reported to the department of finance and administration.

(a) complaints relating to violations of the "minimum standards for nursing programs";

(b) denial, withdrawal or change of program accreditation status by a board-recognized national nursing accreditation agency or general academic accreditation agency;

(c) failure to obtain board approval of changes that require approval of the board under "program changes";

(d) providing false or misleading information to students or the public concerning the nursing program;

(e) violation of the rules 16.12.3 NMAC;

(f) continuous disruptions in retaining a qualified director or faculty, resulting in disorganization and breakdown of supervision and teaching of students;

(g) non-compliance with the program's stated philosophy, objectives, policies, and curriculum resulting in unsatisfactory faculty/student achievement;

(h) failure to provide clinical experiences necessary to meet the objectives of the nursing program;

(i) less than a passing rate of eighty percent of first time writers of the national licensing examination for more than three consecutive calendar years or is on full approval with warning for two years and has not met the "minimum standards of a nursing programs" including maintaining an adequate pass rate;