Section 333.16148 - Board; rules establishing standards for education and training; accreditation of training programs; requirements for actions or decisions; voting; applicability of R 388.10305 to c - Michigan Statutes

PUBLIC HEALTH CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 368 of 1978

333.16148 Board; rules establishing standards for education and training; accreditation of training programs; requirements for actions or decisions; voting; applicability of R 388.10305 to certain members of nursing facilities.

Sec. 16148.

(1) Except as provided in section 17060, only a board may promulgate rules to establish standards for the education and training of individuals to be licensed or registered, or whose licenses or registrations are to be renewed, for the purposes of determining whether graduates of a training program have the knowledge and skills requisite for practice of a health profession or use of a title.

(2) Except as provided in section 17060 and subject to subsection (6), only a board may accredit training programs in hospitals, schools, colleges, universities, and institutions offering training programs meeting educational standards and may deny or withdraw accreditation of training programs for failure to meet established standards. A hospital, school, college, university, or institution that has its program accreditation withdrawn shall have an opportunity for a hearing.

(3) An action or decision of a board pursuant to subsection (1) or (2) relating to a specific health profession subfield shall be made only after consultation with the task force in the affected health profession subfield and with at least 1 of the affected health profession subfield board members present.

(4) A member of a licensing board from the health profession subfield shall vote as an equal member in all matters except those issues designated in subsections (1) and (2) that are outside the health profession subfield.

(5) A decision of a board on standards for the education and training of individuals or the accreditation of a training program under subsection (1) or (2) shall be concurred in by a majority of the board members who are not health profession subfield licensees if the decision relates solely to licenses that are not health profession subfield licenses.

(6) The requirement of rule 305(2)(b)(iii), being R 338.10305 of the Michigan administrative code, that each member of the nursing faculty in a program of nursing education for registered nurses who provides instruction in the clinical laboratory or cooperating agencies hold a Baccalaureate degree in nursing science does not apply to a member of the nursing faculty described in this subsection who meets both of the following requirements:

(a) was employed by or under contract to a program of nursing education on or before September 1, 1989.

(b) Is employed by or under contract to a program of nursing education on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection.

(7) The requirement of rule 305(2)(c)(ii), being R 338.10305 of the Michigan administrative code, that each member of the nursing faculty in a program of nursing education for licensed practical nurses hold a baccalaureate degree in nursing science does not apply to a member of the nursing faculty described in this subsection who meets both of the following requirements:

(a) Was employed by or under contract to a program of nursing education on or before September 1, 1989.

(b) Is employed by or under contract to a program of nursing education on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 115, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1995
Popular Name: Act 368
Admin Rule: R 325.321 et seq.; R 338.91 et seq.; R 338.101 et seq.; R 338.251 et seq.; R 338.281; R 338.291; R 338.311 et seq.; R 338.471a et seq.; R 338.1201 et seq.; R 338.3031; R 338.3701 et seq.; R 338.4101 et seq.; and R 340.801 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.