SECTION 485:10-3-5. Reports to the Board

  The Board shall take action on all reports as appropriate.

(1)   Faculty qualification report.

(A)   A Faculty Qualification Record shall be submitted for the Nurse Administrator, and shall include educational preparation and employment experience.

(B)   The Faculty Qualification Record for the Nurse Administrator must be submitted to the Board office by the Nurse Administrator on a form provided by the Board within thirty days of day of appointment, a change in title or status of position, and any time that an advanced degree is attained. The Faculty Qualification Record may be submitted electronically to a designated email address.

(2)   Enrollment and annual reports. Enrollment and annual reports shall be submitted in formats requested by the Board.

(3)   Special reports. Special reports to the Board shall include but not be limited to:

(A)   notification in writing of administrative changes relating to and affecting the program within thirty days of the change, to include a change in Nurse Administrator;

(B)   requests in writing to obtain approval prior to implementation for:

(i)   major curriculum changes that alter the length of the program, substantially change the objectives, or reflect a significant philosophical or conceptual shift. Board staff may approve minor changes including but not limited to such matters as reorganizing existing course offerings, transferring existing objectives or content from one course to another, or alterations in the leveling of course objectives.

(ii)   extended, distance learning, or off-campus offerings, when any nursing course is offered;

(iii)   a significant change in instructional format;

(iv)   a pilot or experimental program.

(4)   Pass Rate Reports. Pass Rate Reports are required when the first-time NCLEX writer pass rate falls ten (10) percentage points or more below the national average and at least ten candidates wrote the examination (based on a calendar year.)

(5)   Completion Rate Reports. A completion rate report is required when the program completion rate average is less than 70% for the most recent three (3) annual report years. Program completion rate shall be calculated as 200% of the program length as defined by selective admission to the nursing program's first nursing course. Admission is defined as the grade of the first nursing course that is transcripted with a letter grade of A, B, C, D, or F, which are used to calculate the grade point average. Individual exceptions to the calculation of completion rate include death, military, and peace corp.

(6)   All reports shall be limited to ten (10), single-sided pages, with at least a one inch margin, no less than 1.5 line spacing and no less than an 11 point font size.

[Source: Amended at 8 Ok Reg 3579, eff 9-20-91 (emergency); Amended at 9 Ok Reg 2103, eff 6-11-92; Amended at 12 Ok Reg 1463, eff 5-25-95; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 1439, eff 7-1-07; Amended at 25 Ok Reg 1415, eff 7-1-08; Amended at 33 Ok Reg 1026, eff 8-25-16; Amended at 34 Ok Reg 768, eff 8-25-17; Amended at 35 Ok Reg 1875, eff 9-14-18; Amended at 37 Ok Reg 2028, eff 9-11-20]