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SENATE BILL No. 334
AN A CT concerning nursing workforce development; providing education levels for
instructors at nursing schools as a requirement for state approval; amending K.S.A.
65-1119 and repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 65-1119 is hereby amended to read as follows:
65-1119. (a) Application for approval. An approved school of nursing is
one which that has been approved as such by the board as meeting the
standards of this act , and the rules and regulations of the board. An
institution desiring to conduct an approved school of professional or
practical nursing shall apply to the board for approval and submit
satisfactory proof that it such school is prepared to and will maintain
the standards and basic professional nursing curriculum or the required
curriculum for practical nursing, as the case may be, as prescribed by
this act and by the rules and regulations of the board. Applications shall
be made in writing on forms supplied by the board and shall be
submitted to the board together with the application fee fixed by the
board. The approval of a school of nursing shall not exceed 10 years
after the granting of such approval by the board. An institution desiring
to continue to conduct an approved school of professional or practical
nursing shall apply to the board for the renewal of approval and submit
satisfactory proof that it such school will maintain the standards and
basic professional nursing curriculum or the required curriculum for
practical nursing, as the case may be, as prescribed by this act and by
the rules and regulations of the board. Applications for renewal of
approval shall be made in writing on forms supplied by the board. Each
school of nursing shall submit annually to the board an annual fee fixed
by the board by rules and regulations to maintain the approval status.
(b) (1) Schools for professional nurses. To qualify as an approved
school for professional nurses, the school must shall be conducted in
the state of Kansas, and shall apply to the board and submit evidence
that:
(1)(A) It Such school is prepared to carry out the professional
curriculum as prescribed in the rules and regulations of the board;
(B) such school's faculty possess a nursing degree awarded by a
state or nationally accredited school of nursing approved by the board
that is at least one level more advanced than the degree awarded by the
program in which they are teaching. Additional or more advanced
credentials for faculty shall not be required by the board; and
(2) it(C) such school is prepared to meet such other standards as
shall be established by this law and the rules and regulations of the
board.
(2) The board may grant an exemption to the requirement in
subparagraph (B) to a school facing hardships in hiring faculty.
(c) (1) Schools for practical nurses. To qualify as an approved
school for practical nurses, the school must shall be conducted in the
state of Kansas, and shall apply to the board and submit evidence that:
(1) It (A) Such school is prepared to carry out the curriculum as
prescribed in the rules and regulations of the board;
(B) such school's faculty possess a nursing degree awarded by a
state or nationally accredited school of nursing approved by the board
that is at least one level more advanced than the degree awarded by the
program in which they are teaching. Additional or more advanced
credentials for faculty shall not be required by the board; and
(2) it(C) such school is prepared to meet such other standards as
shall be established by this law and the rules and regulations of the
board.
(2) The board may grant an exemption to the requirement in
subparagraph (B) to a school facing hardships in hiring faculty.
(d) Survey. The board shall prepare and maintain a list of approved
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schools for both professional and practical nurses whose graduates, if
they have the other necessary qualifications provided in this act, shall
be eligible to apply for a license as a registered professional nurse or as
a licensed practical nurse. A survey of the institution or institutions and
of the schools applying for approval shall be made by an authorized
employee of the board or members of the board, who shall submit a
written report of the survey to the board. If, in the opinion of the board,
the requirements as prescribed by the board in its rules and regulations
for an approved school for professional nurses or for practical nurses
are met, it the board shall so approve the school as either a school for
professional nurses or practical nurses, as the case may be. The board
shall resurvey approved schools on a periodic basis as determined by
rules and regulations. If the board determines that any approved school
of nursing is not maintaining the standards required by this act and by
rules and regulations prescribed by the board, notice thereof in writing,
specifying the failures of such school, shall be given immediately to the
school. A school which that fails to correct such conditions to the
satisfaction of the board within a reasonable time shall be removed
from the list of approved schools of nursing until such time as the
school shall comply complies with the standards. All approved schools
shall maintain accurate and current records showing in full the
theoretical and practical courses given to each student.
(e) Providers of continuing nursing education. (1) To qualify as an
approved provider of continuing nursing education offerings, persons,
organizations or institutions proposing to provide such continuing
nursing education offerings shall apply to the board for approval and
submit evidence that the applicant is prepared to meet the standards and
requirements established by the rules and regulations of the board for
such continuing nursing education offerings. Initial applications shall
be made in writing on forms supplied by the board and shall be
submitted to the board together with the application fee fixed by the
board.
(2) AAn "approved long-term provider " means a person,
organization or institution that is responsible for the development,
administration and evaluation of continuing nursing education
programs and offerings and that has been approved as qualified by the
board. Qualification as a an approved long-term approved provider of
continuing nursing education offerings shall expire five years after the
granting of such approval by the board. An approved long-term
provider of continuing nursing education offerings shall submit
annually to the board the annual fee established by rules and
regulations, along with an annual report for the previous fiscal year.
Applications for renewal as an approved long-term provider of
continuing nursing education offerings shall be made in writing on
forms supplied by the board.
(3) Qualification as an approved provider of a single continuing
nursing education offering, which may be offered once or multiple
times, shall expire two years after the granting of such approval by the
board. Approved single continuing nursing education providers shall
not be subject to an annual fee or annual report.
(4) In accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the board,
the board may approve individual educational offerings for continuing
nursing education, which shall not be subject to approval under other
subsections of this section.
(5) The board shall accept offerings as approved continuing
nursing education presented by: colleges that are approved by a state or
the national department of education and providers approved by other
state boards of nursing, the national league for nursing, the national
federation of licensed practical nurses, the American nurses
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credentialing center or other such other national organizations as listed
in rules and regulations adopted by the board.
(6) An individual designated by a provider of continuing nursing
education offerings as an individual responsible for CNE who has held
this position for the provider at least five years immediately prior to
January 1, 1997, shall not be required to have a baccalaureate or higher
academic degree in order to be designated by such provider as the
individual responsible for CNE.
(f) Criteria for evaluating out-of-state schools. For the purpose of
determining whether an applicant for licensure who is a graduate of a
school of professional or practical nursing located outside this state
meets the requirements of item (2) of subsection (a) of K.S.A. 65-
1115(a)(2) and amendments thereto or the requirements of item (2) of
subsection (a) of K.S.A. 65-1116 (a)(2), and amendments thereto, as
appropriate, the board by rules and regulations shall establish criteria
for determining whether a particular school of professional nursing
located outside this state maintains standards which that are at least
equal to schools of professional nursing which that are approved by the
board and whether a particular school of practical nursing located
outside this state maintains standards which that are at least equal to
schools of practical nursing which that are approved by the board. The
board may send a questionnaire developed by the board to any school
of professional or practical nursing located outside this state for which
the board does not have sufficient information to determine whether the
school meets the standards established under this subsection (f) . The
questionnaire providing the necessary information shall be completed
and returned to the board in order for the school to be considered for
approval. The board may contract with investigative agencies,
commissions or consultants to assist the board in obtaining information
about schools. In entering such contracts the authority to approve
schools shall remain solely with the board.
(g) The board may accept nationally accredited schools of nursing
as defined in rule and regulation.
(1) Schools of nursing which that have received accreditation
from a board recognized national nursing accreditation agency shall file
evidence of initial accreditation with the board and shall file all reports
from the accrediting agency and any notice of any change in school
accreditation status. The board may grant approval based upon
evidence of such accreditation.
(2) Schools of nursing holding approval based upon national
accreditation are also responsible for complying shall also comply with
all other requirements as determined by rules and regulations of the
board.
(3) The board may grant approval to a school of nursing with
national accreditation for a continuing period not to exceed 10 years.
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Sec. 2. K.S.A. 65-1119 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
I hereby certify that the above BILL originated in the
SENATE, and passed that body
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President of the Senate.
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Secretary of the Senate.
Passed the HOUSE ________________________
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Speaker of the House.
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Chief Clerk of the House.
APPROVED ____________________________
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Governor.