PURPOSE: This rule defines the physical facilities required for programs of professional nursing.

1. (1) Office Space and Equipment.

   1. (A) The institution shall provide space and equipment to fulfill the purposes of the program.
   2. (B) The administrator of the program shall have a private office.
   3. (C) The coordinator(s) and faculty shall have office space sufficient to carry out responsibilities of their respective positions.
   4. (D) Private areas shall be provided for faculty/student conferences.
   5. (E) Fire-resistant storage space for student records shall be provided (refer to 4 CSR 200-2.110(2)(B)).

2. (2) Library.

   1. (A) Each program and each campus of each program shall have library resources with the following:

      1. 1. Quiet area designated for study;
      2. 2. Current resources to meet the educa-

tional needs of the students and to meet the instructional and scholarly activities of the faculty;

1. 3. Budgetary plan for acquisition of

printed and multi-media material;

1. 4. System for readily identifying or

deleting outdated resources;

1. 5. Policies and procedures governing the

administration and the use of the library shall be in writing and available to students; and

1. 6. Library resources shall be available

and accessible to meet the needs of the students.

1. (3) Classrooms and Clinical Skills Laboratory.

   1. (A) Classrooms shall be of size, number and type for the number of students and teaching methodology.
   2. (B) Classrooms shall have climate control, ventilation and lighting conducive to learning.
   3. (C) Classrooms shall have seating, furnishings and equipment conducive to learning.
   4. (D) Storage space shall be available for equipment and supplies.
   5. (E) Each program and each campus of each program shall have a clinical skills laboratory available to the students.

AUTHORITY: section 335.036, RSMo Supp. 1997.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 200-2.070. This version of rule filed April 20, 1973, effective May 1, 1973. Amended: Filed Dec. 12, 1975, effective Dec. 22, 1975. Readopted: Filed March 12, 1981, effective June 11, 1981. Emergency rescission filed Oct. 22, 1981, effective Nov. 1, 1981, expired Feb. 19, 1982 (Original Rule). Rescinded: Filed Oct. 22, 1981, effective Feb. 11, 1982 (Original Rule). Rescinded and readopted: Filed Sept. 25, 1991, effective March 9, 1992. Amended: Filed Aug. 6, 1998, effective Feb. 28, 1999. Moved to 20 CSR 2200-2.070, effective Aug. 28, 2006. *Original authority 1975, amended 1981, 1985, 1993, 1995.