- (a) The Executive Director shall screen and evaluate the quality of applications and proposals to determine if they meet the criteria of §227.3. The Executive Director shall forward qualified applications and proposals to the Board for evaluation. Eliminated applicants shall be notified by the Board.
- (b) The Board may approve the proposal, defer action on the proposal, or deny further consideration of the proposal.
- (c) If the proposed pilot receives approval, the nursing education program must submit a written report of outcomes resulting from the innovative educational application within 90 days from completion of the pilot.
- (d) If the nursing education program requests that the innovative professional nursing education pilot program become a permanent part of an approved nursing program, a proposal shall be submitted to the Board by the Director of the program after the final evaluation of the project has been submitted and no less then 60 days prior to a regularly scheduled meeting of the Board. The proposal shall include information outlined in Board guidelines.
Source Note:The provisions of this §227.4 adopted to be effective July 4, 2005, 30 TexReg 3871.