Section 12 AAC 44.090 - Faculty(a) There must be a sufficient number of qualified faculty to meet the purposes and objectives of the nursing education program.(b) Unless waived by the board, the maximum number of students per faculty member is eight in clinical areas involving direct care of patients or clients.(c) Nursing faculty who teach in a program offering the practical nurse certificate shall (1) be currently licensed as a registered nurse in Alaska;(2) have a minimum of a baccalaureate degree in nursing; and(3) have one year of clinical nursing experience relevant to areas of responsibility.(d) Nursing faculty who teach in a program offering the associate degree or the baccalaureate degree in nursing shall (1) be currently licensed as a registered nurse in Alaska;(2) have a minimum of a masters degree in nursing; and(3) have one year of clinical nursing experience relevant to areas of responsibility.(e) Adjunct faculty may be used for instruction of nursing courses and shall (1) be currently licensed as a registered nurse in Alaska;(2) have a minimum of a baccalaureate degree in nursing;(3) have one year of clinical nursing experience relevant to areas of responsibility;(4) be supervised by qualified nursing faculty.(f) Faculty with comparable education will, in the board's discretion, be considered to have met the degree requirement of (c)(2), (d)(2), or (e)(2) of this section.(g) Faculty are responsible for developing, implementing and evaluating the purpose, philosophy and objectives of the nursing program.(h) For purposes of AS 08.68.800(a)(5), if an education program outside this state has students in this state doing clinical rotations, and if the time that a faculty member spends determining grades for those students, for clinical coursework performed during those rotations, and in combination with the time, if any, that the faculty member spends on other nursing education or nursing consultation activities in this state, exceeds 20 working days within a licensing period, the faculty member must be currently licensed as a registered nurse in this state.Eff. 10/14/72, Register 43; am 4/2/86, Register 97; am 11/19/2008, Register 188; am 5/7/2010, Register 194; am 5/16/2018,Register 226, July 2018In 2010 the revisor of statutes, acting under AS 01.05.031, renumbered former AS 08.68.400 as AS 08.68.800. As of Register 196 (January 2011), the regulations attorney made a conforming technical revision under AS 44.62.125(b)(6), to 12 AAC 44.090(h), so that a cross-reference to former AS 08.68.400(a)(5) now refers to the renumbered statute, AS 08.68.800(a)(5). In addition, the regulations attorney made a conforming technical revision to the authority citation that follows 12 AAC 44.090, so that the citation to former AS 08.68.400 now refers to the renumbered statute, AS 08.68.800.
Authority:AS 08.68.100
AS 08.68.290
AS 08.68.800