Section 511 IAC 15-6-35 - School services: school nurseAuthority: IC 20-28-2-6
Affected: IC 20-28
Sec. 35.
(a) The content area school nurse shall appear on the license if the department determines that the applicant as follows:(1) Successfully meets the following educational requirements: (A) Receipt of a baccalaureate degree from a program that is accredited by national, regional, or state accrediting boards of higher education through the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, or listed as an accredited program by the U.S. Department of Education.(B) Registered nurses enrolled in master's programs (RN-MSN) that do not confer bachelor's degrees shall meet the degree requirement upon completion of the graduate program.(C) Applicants with substantially similar foreign educational degrees must submit validated transcripts with both general academic and professional licensure evaluation reports from an accredited foreign educational credential evaluation service, as those with memberships in the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES).(D) Applicants with baccalaureate degrees in fields not related to health, but who hold graduate degrees in health related areas that include substantially similar course work as that required under clause (A), may submit a letter requesting a waiver to the eligibility requirements to the director of licensing.(2) Meets the following clinical practice (practicum) requirements:(A) A minimum of one thousand (1,000) hours during the past three (3) years as defined in clauses (B) through (E).(B) Clinical practice in school nursing means actively employed or contracted to provide a direct or indirect professional contribution to the health and education of students and their families in public or private school settings.(C) Direct clinical practice in school nursing is defined as involvement in the nursing process in a school setting where the nursing actions and judgments are focused on a particular student, family, school community, or group of students or their families where there is continuing professional responsibility and accountability for the outcomes of these actions.(D) Indirect clinical practice in school nursing is defined as involvement that: (i) includes clinical supervision of school nurses, education, and clinical supervision of baccalaureate/master's nursing students in school health, administration of school health services, research, consultation, or other engagement in the field of school nursing that contributes to the specialty's body of knowledge or enhances the quality of school nursing practice; and(ii) entails continuing professional responsibility and accountability for the outcomes of the involvement.(E) Not eligible as clinical practice in school nursing includes the following:(i) Substitute nursing in a school, except as a full-time substitute working consecutive days for the required clinical practice hours.(ii) One-to-one nursing as the nurse's sole responsibility within a school.(iii) Employment in the direct sales, marketing, or distribution of school nursing-related products or services in pharmaceutical, technology or other school health-related industries.(iv) Community health screenings.(v) Work in a camp setting.(vi) Preceptorship/mentor.(vii) Jobs unrelated to school nursing.(3) Obtains a registered nurse's license through the Indiana state board of nursing.(b) The holder of the content area of school services: school nurse license is eligible to serve as a school nurse in prekindergarten through grade 12 and the setting P-12 shall appear on the physical license. The school services: school nurse licensure is required for anyone serving as the school health services coordinator. Filed 11/18/2014, 3:51 p.m.: 20141217-IR-511130399FRA