Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) The
Department shall approve sites based on comprehensive applications submitted by
sites.
(2) The criteria the
Department may use to determine an approved site for sites that are not nursing
schools include:
(a) the percentage of the
population with an income under 200% of the federal poverty level;
(b) the percentage of the population 65 years
of age and over;
(c) the percentage
of the population under 18 years of age;
(d) the distance to the nearest geriatric,
health care, or mental health professional, and barriers to accessing their
services;
(e) the ability of the
site to provide support facilities and services for the requested health care
professional;
(f) the financial
stability of the site;
(g) the
percent of patients served who are without insurance or whose care is paid for
by government programs, such as Medicaid, Medicare, and CHIP; and
(h) the applicant's policy and practice to
provide care regardless of a patient's ability to pay.
(3) The criteria the Department may use to
determine an approved nursing school site include:
(a) a demonstrated shortage of nursing
educator faculty;
(b) the number of
degrees sought by students;
(c) the
number of students denied for each degree sought;
(d) the residency of students;
(e) the ability of the nursing school to
provide support facilities and services for the requested position to be
trained;
(f) the faculty to student
ratio, including the ratio of clinical and classroom instructors;
(g) the average class sizes for each of the
degrees offered by the school;
(h)
the school's plans to expand enrollment;
(i) the diversity of students;
(j) the current and projected staffing for
the type of instructor requested;
(k) the sources and stability of funding to
hire and support the prospective instructor; and
(l) distance to the next closest nursing
school.
(4) The
Department may give preference to sites that provide letters of support from
the area served by the prospective employer, such as from:
(a) a majority of practicing health care
professionals;
(b) county and civic
leaders;
(c) hospital
administrators;
(d) business
leaders, local chamber of commerce, citizens; and
(e) local health departments.
(5) The Department may give
preference to sites located in a service area designated by the Secretary of
Health and Human Services as having a health care professional shortage and
which are requesting one of the following medical specialties:
(a) family practice;
(b) internal medicine;
(c) obstetrics and gynecology;
(d) pediatrics;
(e) mental health;
(f) dental hygiene; or
(g) forensic pathology.
(6) To become approved, a site shall offer a
salary and benefit package competitive with salaries and benefits of other
geriatric professionals and health care professionals in the service
area.
(7) The health care facility
employing the eligible professional shall provide education loan repayment
assistance to the eligible professional in an amount equal to 20% of the total
award amount provided to the eligible professional.
(8) Other criteria that the site applicant
can demonstrate as furthering the purposes of Section
26B-4-702.
