335.200. Nurse training incentive fund--definitions. - Missouri Statutes

Nurse training incentive fund--definitions.

335.200. As used in sections 335.200 to 335.209, thefollowing terms mean:

(1) "Board", the Missouri coordinating board for highereducation;

(2) "Eligible nursing program", a nursing education programaccredited under this chapter;

(3) "Fund", the nurse training incentive fund, establishedin section 335.203;

(4) "Incentive grant", a grant awarded to a nurse educationprogram under the guidelines set forth in sections 335.203 to335.209;

(5) "Nontraditional student", a person admitted to aneligible nursing program that is older than twenty-two years ofage at the time he is admitted to the nursing program;

(6) "Nurse", a person holding a license as a registerednurse, pursuant to this chapter; and

(7) "Professional nursing education program", a program ofeducation accredited by the state board of nursing, pursuant tothis chapter, designed to prepare persons for licensure asregistered professional nurses with an enrollment of no lessthan sixty-five percent of the enrollment approved by the stateboard of nursing.

(L. 1990 H.B. 1429 § 1)