(a) The Board shall prepare and maintain a list of approved schools for both professional and practical nurses whose graduates shall be eligible for licensing under this Article as registered nurses or licensed practical nurses if they meet the other qualifications set forth in this Article.

(b) An approved school of nursing is one which has been approved by the Board as meeting minimum standards and criteria defined by regulation. ‘Defined regulations’ shall include minimum length of academic program, required subjects of instruction, basic requirements for clinical practice, minimum preparation of faculty and faculty-student ratio, and such other criteria as are recognized as standard for basic preparatory programs for both licensed practical nurses and registered nurses.

(c) An institution desiring to conduct a basic program for the preparation of registered nurses or practical nurses or an educational and training program for advanced registered nursing on Guam, shall apply to the Board for accreditation and submit satisfactory proof that:

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(1) it is prepared to carry out the curriculum presented by the Board through its rules and regulations; and

(2) it is prepared to meet such other standards as shall be established by law and by the Board.

(d) It shall be the duty of the Board, through the use of qualified consultants not associated with the Board or local nursing programs, to periodically survey approved programs in Guam. Written reports of such survey shall be submitted to the Board and if, in the opinion of the Board, the requirements for an approved program are met, the program shall be given continued approval. If the Board shall determine that an approved program no longer meets minimum standards as required by regulation, notice shall be submitted to the program specifying the areas of non-compliance. A program that fails to correct areas of non- compliance within the time designated by the Board in its rules and regulations shall be discontinued as an approved program; provided, that such action shall be taken only after a hearing before the Board in accordance with the provisions of Chapter II of the Administrative Adjudication Law.

(e) Any nursing education program in Guam that is recognized as an approved program by the Board on the effective date of this Article shall be deemed to be an approved educational program for the purposes of this Article.

(f) Any nursing education program outside of Guam shall, for the purpose of this Section, be deemed to be an approved nursing education program if that program meets the requirements for approval established pursuant to this Section and if such is recognized as a state-approved program by the appropriate state or national licensing authority in the state or jurisdiction in which the nursing education program is located.