§ 1581 - Nursing education programs - Vermont Statutes

§ 1581. Nursing education programs

(a) The board shall, by rule, establish standards for the creation and conduct of nursing education programs, including all clinical facilities used for learning experiences. The board shall survey programs and approve those programs which meet the requirements of this subchapter and the board rules.

(b) A postsecondary educational institution within the state of Vermont desiring to conduct a nursing education program shall apply to the board and submit evidence that its nursing program is designed to meet the standards established by the board. If upon investigation, the board finds that the program meets the established standards for nursing education programs, it shall approve the applicant program.

(c) The board shall periodically survey and evaluate approved nursing education programs and shall publish a list of approved programs. A nursing education program shall reimburse the board for actual and necessary costs incurred for site surveys.

(d) The board may deny or withdraw approval or take such action as it deems necessary when nursing education programs fail to meet the standards established by the board, provided that such action shall be in accordance with this chapter, board rules and the Administrative Procedure Act.

(e) Reinstatement of approval. The board shall reinstate approval of a nursing education program based on satisfactory evidence that the program meets the standards established by the board. (Added 1979, No. 192 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1993, No. 201 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)