Section 391.307 - Authorization to serve as school nurse without endorsement1. The Superintendent of Public Instruction may authorize a person who has not received an endorsement pursuant to NAC 391.305 to serve as a nurse in a school district whose enrollment is less than 5,000 pupils if the school district provides evidence to the Superintendent that a person who has received such an endorsement is not available for hire. The person must: (a) Hold a current license as a registered nurse from the State Board of Nursing and be supervised by a person who has been endorsed to serve as a school nurse pursuant to NAC 391.305; or(b) If the school district does not have in its employ a person to act as supervisor who has been endorsed to serve as a school nurse: (1) Hold a current license as a registered nurse from the State Board of Nursing; and(2) Submit evidence to the Superintendent of Public Instruction that he or she is in the process of satisfying the requirements found in NAC 391.305 to receive an endorsement as a school nurse.2. The Superintendent shall not authorize a person to serve as a school nurse pursuant to subsection 1 for more than 5 years, unless the school district submits evidence that it was unable to employ a sufficient number of persons qualified to hold an endorsement to serve as a school nurse. The evidence must include: (a) Copies of advertisements placed in newspapers and journals of nursing that were circulated within this State;(b) Copies of letters advertising employment that were sent to institutions awarding baccalaureate degrees in nursing; and(c) A list of the persons who applied for the position of school nurse together with copies of their applications and any educational transcripts received by the school district.Nev. Admin. Code § 391.307
Added to NAC by Comm'n on Prof. Standards in Education, 7-23-92, eff. 7-1-93