| 1 | Representative(s) Grimsley offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 99 and 100 insert: |
| 5 | Section 2. Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (2) of |
| 6 | section 464.019, Florida Statutes, and section (6) of that |
| 7 | section is amended to read: |
| 8 | 464.019 Approval of nursing programs.-- |
| 9 | (2) |
| 10 | (e)1. Nursing faculty shall hold a current, active, and |
| 11 | unencumbered registered nurse license or privilege to practice |
| 12 | and meet state requirements. |
| 13 | 2. Clinical faculty shall hold a license or privilege to |
| 14 | practice and meet state requirements. |
| 15 | 3. Nursing faculty who teach in a program leading to |
| 16 | licensure as a practical nurse shall: |
| 17 | a. Have a minimum of a baccalaureate degree with 40 |
| 18 | percent of faculty having a bachelors degree in nursing. All |
| 19 | faculty must be able to demonstrate a theoretical and clinical |
| 20 | competence for each assigned area of instruction. |
| 21 | b. Have a total of 5 years of acute care experience, at |
| 22 | least 3 years of which must have occurred within the 3 years |
| 23 | preceding the appointment. |
| 24 | 4. Nursing faculty who teach in a program leading to |
| 25 | licensure as a registered nurse shall: |
| 26 | a. Have a minimum of a master's degree with 40 percent of |
| 27 | faculty having a master's degree in nursing. All faculty must be |
| 28 | able to demonstrate theoretical and clinical competence. |
| 29 | b. Have a total of 5 years of acute care experience, at |
| 30 | least 3 years of which must have occurred within the 3 years |
| 31 | preceding the appointment. |
| 32 | (6) Any nursing program that maintains accreditation |
| 33 | through a nursing accrediting body recognized by the United |
| 34 | States Department of Education shall be exempt from the rules of |
| 35 | the board except as provided in paragraphs (2)(b) and (e) |
| 36 | paragraph (2)(b), provided such exemption shall apply only to |
| 37 | the extent the program maintains a student pass rate on the |
| 38 | National Clinical Licensure Examination of not less than 10 |
| 39 | percentage points below the national average pass rate as |
| 40 | reported annually by the National Council of State Boards of |
| 41 | Nursing. |
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| 44 | Remove line 13 and insert: |
| 45 | unit to which it provides services; amending s. 464.019, |
| 46 | F.S.; providing qualifications for certain nursing |
| 47 | faculty; providing an exception to the exemption from |
| 48 | certain rules of the Board of Nursing; providing an |
| 49 | effective |