N.D. Admin. Code 54-09-02-02

Current through Supplement No. 395, January, 2025

Section 54-09-02-02 - Program

When a person licensed to practice nursing seeks treatment for the diseases of chemical dependency, practice deficiencies, or psychiatric or physical disorders that may otherwise lead to formal disciplinary action, the board may abstain from taking formal disciplinary action if the licensee can be treated effectively for such diseases, deficiencies, or disorders and that there reasonably exists no danger to the public health or the board may order a nurse to participate in the program. The board shall:

1. Establish ways and means to identify nurses qualified to enter the program and monitor nurses participating in the program;

2. Establish alternatives to traditional disciplinary procedures of the board; and

3. Establish criteria for the acceptance, denial, and termination of nurses in the program. Only nurses qualified for the program and approved by the coordinator may participate in the program.

Nurses who are not being investigated or currently monitored by the board, but who believe the offerings of the program may aid them personally or professionally, may voluntarily participate in the program to lend support to their recovery process.

N.D. Admin Code 54-09-02-02

Effective September 1, 1996; amended effective June 1, 2002; April 1, 2004.

General Authority: NDCC 43-12.1-08

Law Implemented: NDCC 43-12.1-08(2)(g)