Texas Administrative Code
Title 19 - EDUCATION
Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD
Chapter 21 - STUDENT SERVICES
Subchapter L - EXEMPTION PROGRAM FOR CLINICAL PRECEPTORS AND THEIR CHILDREN
Section 21.310 - Definitions
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) Board--the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
(2) Child--a child 25 years of age or younger, including an adopted child.
(3) Clinical preceptor or preceptor--a registered nurse or other license health professional who meets the requirements below, not paid as a faculty member by the governing board of an institution of higher education, but who directly supervises a nursing student's clinical learning experience in a manner prescribed by a signed written agreement between the educational institution, preceptor and affiliating agency. A clinical preceptor has the following qualifications:
(4) Commissioner--the Commissioner of Higher Education, the Chief Executive Officer of the Board.
(5) Institution of Higher Education or Institution--any public technical institute, public junior college, public senior college or university, medical or dental unit or other agency of higher education as defined in Texas Education Code, § 61.003(8).
(6) Program--the Exemption Program for Clinical Preceptors and Their Children.
(7) Resident of Texas--a resident of the State of Texas as determined in accordance with Chapter 21, Subchapter B of this title (relating to Determination of Resident Status). Nonresident students who are eligible to pay resident tuition rates are not residents of Texas.
(8) Tuition--includes statutory tuition, designated tuition and Board-authorized tuition.
(9) Undergraduate professional nursing program--a public educational program for preparing students for initial licensure as registered nurses.
