Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 054 - Nursing, Board of
Sub-Agency 0002 - General
Chapter 6 - STANDARDS FOR NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Section 6-8 - Host State/Jurisdiction Nursing Education Programs
Universal Citation: WY Code of Rules 6-8
Current through September 21, 2024
(a) When acting as the host state (i.e., the parent institution has legal domicile outside of Wyoming), all programs shall document current registration with the Wyoming Department of Education or National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA) approval.
(b) Prelicensure.
(i) Programs seeking to operate
a prelicensure program in Wyoming shall meet the same standards required of
home state/jurisdiction nursing education programs. Programs shall:
(A) Obtain and maintain Board
approval;
(B) Maintain general,
programmatic, and reporting standards for prelicensure nursing education
programs as defined in Sections
3,
4, and
9; and
(C) Instruct students to use the NCLEX
program code corresponding to a Wyoming Board-approved program.
(ii) Prelicensure programs seeking
permission to either use a Wyoming clinical facility for a portion of a class
or to place an individual student for a precepted experience shall submit the
following:
(A) Description of the planned
educational experience;
(B)
Rationale for the use of Wyoming facilities;
(C) Documentation of home state/jurisdiction
program approval; and
(D)
Documentation of faculty/preceptor licensure.
(I) Faculty who teach only didactic content
or supervise a student/preceptor pair, where direct patient care is not
provided, shall be licensed in the home state.
(II) Preceptors and faculty providing patient
care in Wyoming shall have an active, unencumbered Wyoming, or multi-state RN
or APRN license.
(c) Post-Licensure.
(i) Post-licensure programs are not required
to have Board approval but shall:
(A) Notify
the Board in writing when a student will be completing a clinical learning
experience in Wyoming.
(B) Execute
a written contract with the cooperating clinical facility as defined in Section
3, (d), and (e).
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