W. Va. Code R. § 19-1-10 - Continuing Approval of Prelicensure Education Programs
10.1. Visits and evaluation: The Board,
through its executive director and/or other qualified persons, shall evaluate
all non-national nursing accredited nursing education programs every other year
until the program receives national nursing accreditation. The Board shall
review and analyze various sources of information regarding program
performance, including, but not limited to:
10.1.a. Evidence of seeking national nursing
accreditation by an accrediting agency approved by the U.S. Department of
Education. National nursing accreditation shall be obtained within 5 years of
the Board's full approval of the new program;
10.1.b Results of ongoing program
evaluations;
10.1.c. Other evidence
regarding achievement of program outcomes including, but not limited to student
retention, attrition and on-time graduation rates; sufficient type and number
of faculty, faculty competence and faculty retention and turnover; adequate
laboratory, simulation and clinical learning experiences; NCLEX-RN pass rates
which are at least 80% for first-time test-takers in the last calendar year;
trend data and action planning related to NCLEX-RN performance, employer and
graduate satisfaction; performance improvement initiative related to program
outcomes and program complaints or grievances review and resolution. nursing
education programs accredited by the Board, including all satellite sites of
any program.
10.2.
Maintenance of Board Approval Status. A nursing program without national
accreditation shall maintain approval as set forth in this rule. A national
nursing accredited education unit shall maintain national nursing accreditation
and submit to the Board a copy of all national nursing accreditation reports,
recommendations, annual reports and final decisions for each national nursing
accreditation visit once received or sent by the program within 30 days of the
program's receipt or submission of the report.
10.3. Program visits to a new nursing program
shall be conducted as outlined by the board. Additional program visits to a non
national nurse accredited program shall be conducted if:
10.3.a. The director of the nursing program
changes;
10.3.b. A major curriculum
change is proposed; and/or
10.3.c.
A complaint has been submitted to the Board.
10.4. Board approval of an existing program
when ownership and control are changed. When a governing organization
contemplates a change of ownership and control of a program, it shall send
notice of the intended change to the Board 90 days prior to the effective date
of the intended change. The owner or governing organization expecting to assume
responsibility for the program shall immediately make application for Board
approval. If the Board determines the owner or governing organization which
will be responsible for the new program meets the criteria for approval and
will comply with the recommendations of the Board, it may be provisionally
approved.
10.5. A distance-learning
program shall establish a means for assessing individual student and program
outcomes.
10.6. Expansion of a
non-national nursing accredited nursing education program requires agreement
from the Board if the program seeks greater than a 10% expansion. Only those
programs with full approval status may submit requests to the Board to initiate
expansion of a program.
Notes
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