WEST virginia legislature
2018 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 4156
By Delegates Summers, Ellington, Espinosa, Householder, and Frich
[Introduced January 16,
2018; Referred
to the Committee on Health and Human Resources then Education.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §30-7-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §30-7-5A, all relating to school of nursing faculty requirements; establishing the qualifications of full and part time nursing school faculty members; granting exceptions; and defining a term.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 7. REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSES.
§30-7-1. Definitions.
As used in this article:
(a)
“Advanced practice registered nurse” means a registered nurse who has acquired
advanced clinical knowledge and skills preparing him or her to provide direct
and indirect care to patients as a certified nurse practitioner, certified
nurse-midwife, certified registered nurse anesthetist, or clinical nurse
specialist, who has completed a board-approved graduate-level education program
and who has passed a board-approved national certification examination.
(b) “Board”
means the West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses;
(c)
“Collaborative relationship” means a working relationship, structured through a
written agreement, in which an advanced practice registered nurse may prescribe
drugs in collaboration with a qualified physician;
(d)
“Practice of registered professional nursing” or “registered professional
nursing” means the performance for compensation of any service requiring
substantial specialized judgment and skill based on knowledge and application
of principles of nursing derived from the biological, physical and social
sciences, such as responsible supervision of a patient requiring skill in
observation of symptoms and reactions and the accurate recording of the facts,
or the supervision and teaching of other persons with respect to such
principles of nursing, or in the administration of medications and treatments
as prescribed by a licensed physician, a licensed dentist or a licensed
advanced practice registered nurse, or the application of such nursing
procedures as involve understanding of cause and effect in order to safeguard
life and health of a patient and others; and
(e) “Temporary
permit” means a permit authorizing the holder to practice registered
professional nursing in this state until such permit is no longer effective or
the holder is granted a license by the West Virginia State Board of Examiners
for Registered Professional Nurses.
§30-7-5A. Schools of nursing faculty requirements
(a) The board shall determine who is qualified to be nursing school faculty.
(b) Full-time nursing faculty members shall:
(1) Have a graduate degree with a major in nursing, have a bachelor degree with a major in nursing and be enrolled in a graduate degree program with a major in nursing within one year of employment as a faculty member, or have a bachelor degree with a major in nursing and at least fifteen years of direct patient care experience in nursing;
(2) Have evidence of current experience in nursing practice and education sufficient to demonstrate professional competence. For faculty with less than two years’ experience in education, the nursing program administrator will submit to the board mentoring and orientation plans as defined by board guidelines and function under the guidance of a faculty member fully qualified in the specific teaching area and professional competence; and
(3) Have credentials which verify status as a registered professional nurse in West Virginia.
(c) Part-time nursing faculty members shall:
(1) Have a graduate degree with a major in nursing, have a bachelor degree with a major in nursing and be enrolled in a graduate degree program with a major in nursing within one year of employment as a faculty member, or have a bachelor degree with a major in nursing and at least two years of direct patient care experience in nursing;
(2) Have evidence of current experience in nursing practice and education sufficient to demonstrate professional competence. For faculty with less than two years’ experience in education, the nursing program administrator will submit to the board mentoring and orientation plans as defined by board guidelines and function under the guidance of a faculty member fully qualified in the specific teaching area and professional competence; and
(3) Have credentials which verify status as a registered professional nurse in West Virginia.
(d) The board may grant an exception to the requirements in subsections (a) and (b) of this section for faculty members who have qualifications other than those set forth in these subsections which are acceptable to the board.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to establish the qualifications of full and part time nursing school faculty members. The bill grants exceptions. The bill defines a term.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.