Section 54-03.2-03-05 - Employment of academically unqualified administratorThe board may approve a nursing education program that employs an administrator who does not meet the educational requirements in section 54-03.2-03-03 in the following circumstances:
1. The program maintains full approval by the board and the sponsoring institution demonstrates to the satisfaction of the board that substantial effort was used to recruit a candidate with the required credentials, and the candidate is currently enrolled in a doctoral degree program offered by an accredited institution and can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the board a specific plan of completion within seven years of hire for a doctoral degree; and a. The institution demonstrates to the satisfaction of the board that eighty-five percent of the program's nursing faculty full-time equivalents have the required degree; orb. A faculty of seven or fewer members will have no more than one nursing faculty full-time equivalent that is unqualified.2. As otherwise as approved by the board.N.D. Admin Code 54-03.2-03-05
Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2014-352, April 2014, effective April 1, 2014. .General Authority: NDCC 43-12.1-17
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-12.1-17