North Carolina General Statutes 90-171.38. Standards for nursing programs
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 90-171.38
- Board: means the North Carolina Board of Nursing. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-171.20
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Nursing: is a dynamic discipline which includes the assessing, caring, counseling, teaching, referring and implementing of prescribed treatment in the maintenance of health, prevention and management of illness, injury, disability or the achievement of a dignified death. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-171.20
- Nursing program: means any educational program in North Carolina offering to prepare persons to meet the educational requirements for licensure under this Article. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-171.20
- Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, unit of government, or other legal entity. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-171.20
(a) A nursing program may be operated under the authority of a general hospital, or an approved post-secondary educational institution. The Board shall establish, revise, or repeal standards for nursing programs. These standards shall specify program requirements, curricula, faculty, students, facilities, resources, administration, and describe the approval process. Any institution desiring to establish a nursing program shall apply to the Board and submit satisfactory evidence that it will meet the standards established by the Board. Those standards shall be designed to ensure that graduates of those programs have the education necessary to safely and competently practice nursing.
(b) Any individual, organization, association, corporation, or institution may establish a program for the purpose of training or educating any registered nurse licensed under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-171.30, 90-171.32, or 90-171.33 in the skills, procedures, and techniques necessary to conduct examinations for the purpose of collecting evidence from the victims of first-degree forcible rape as defined in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-27.21, second-degree forcible rape as defined in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-27.22, statutory rape of a child by an adult as defined in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-27.23, first-degree statutory rape as defined in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-27.24, statutory rape of a person who is 15 years of age or younger as defined in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-27.25, first-degree forcible sexual offense as defined in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-27.26, second-degree forcible sexual offense as defined in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-27.27, statutory sexual offense with a child by an adult as defined in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-27.28, first-degree statutory sexual offense as defined in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-27.29, statutory sexual offense with a person who is 15 years of age or younger as defined in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-27.30, attempted first-degree or second-degree forcible rape, attempted first-degree statutory rape, attempted first-degree or second-degree forcible sexual offense, or attempted first-degree statutory sexual offense. The Board, pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-171.23(b)(14), shall establish, revise, or repeal standards for any such program. Any individual, organization, association, corporation, or institution which desires to establish a program under this subsection shall apply to the Board and submit satisfactory evidence that it will meet the standards prescribed by the Board. (1981, c. 360, s. 1; 1987, c. 827, s. 1; 1991, c. 643, s. 5; 1997-375, s. 1; 2003-146, s. 4; 2009-133, s. 5; 2015-181, s. 37.)