# Title 54 — Board of Nursing

## Article 54-03.2 — Standards for Nursing Education Programs

## Chapter 54-03.2-03 — Nurse Administrator

Qualifications
### § 54-03.2-03-01. Administrator responsibilities.

The administrator provides the leadership and is accountable for the administration, planning,
implementation, and evaluation of the program. The administrator responsibilities include the following:
1. Develop and maintain an environment conducive to the teaching and learning processes;
2. Maintain a relationship with administrative and other units within the academic setting;
3. Provide leadership within the faculty for the development and implementation of the
curriculum;
4. Manage the program budget; and
5. Provide oversight of faculty recruitment, development, performance review, promotion, and
retention.
History: Effective November 1, 1996; amended effective April 1, 2004.
General Authority: NDCC 43-12.1-17
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-12.1-17(1)
### § 54-03.2-03-02. Practical or associate degree nurse education program administrator

qualifications.
The qualifications for an administrator in a program leading to a certificate in practical nursing or
associate degree in nursing are:
1. A minimum of a master's degree from an accredited institution with a major in nursing;
2. A current unencumbered registered nurse license or privilege to practice;
3. Experience in teaching and knowledge of learning principles for adult education, including
nursing curriculum development, administration, and evaluation; and
4. A current knowledge of nursing practice at the practical or associate degree nurse level or as
otherwise approved by the board.
History: Effective November 1, 1996; amended effective April 1, 2004; April 1, 2014.
General Authority: NDCC 43-12.1-17
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-12.1-17(2)
### § 54-03.2-03-03. Baccalaureate or master's degree nurse education program administrator

qualifications.
The qualifications for an administrator in a program leading to a baccalaureate or master's degree
of nursing are:

1. An earned doctoral degree in nursing or an earned master's degree in nursing and an earned
doctoral degree from an accredited institution;
2. A current unencumbered registered nurse license or privilege to practice;
3. Experience in teaching and knowledge of learning principles for adult education, including
nursing curriculum development, administration, and evaluation; and
4. A current knowledge of nursing practice at the baccalaureate or master's degree nurse level or
as otherwise approved by the board.
History: Effective November 1, 1996; amended effective April 1, 2004; April 1, 2014.
General Authority: NDCC 43-12.1-17
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-12.1-17(3)
### § 54-03.2-03-03.1. Doctoral degree nurse education program administrator qualifications.

The qualifications for an administrator in a program leading to a doctoral degree of nursing are:
1. An earned doctoral degree in nursing or an earned master's degree in nursing and an earned
doctoral degree from an accredited institution;
2. A current unencumbered registered nurse license or privilege to practice; and
3. A current knowledge or nursing practice at the doctoral degree level or as otherwise approved
by the board.
History: Effective April 1, 2014.
General Authority: NDCC 43-12.1-17
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-12.1-17(1)
### § 54-03.2-03-04. Graduate program qualifications.

Repealed effective April 1, 2004.
### § 54-03.2-03-05. Employment of academically unqualified administrator.

The board may approve a nursing education program that employs an administrator who does not
meet the educational requirements in section 54-03.2-03-03 in the following circumstances:
1. The program maintains full approval by the board and the sponsoring institution demonstrates
to the satisfaction of the board that substantial effort was used to recruit a candidate with the
required credentials, and the candidate is currently enrolled in a doctoral degree program
offered by an accredited institution and can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the board a
specific plan of completion within seven years of hire for a doctoral degree; and
a. The institution demonstrates to the satisfaction of the board that eighty-five percent of the
program's nursing faculty full-time equivalents have the required degree; or
b. A faculty of seven or fewer members will have no more than one nursing faculty full-time
equivalent that is unqualified.
2. As otherwise as approved by the board.
History: Effective April 1, 2004; amended effective July 1, 2008; April 1, 2011; April 1, 2014.
General Authority: NDCC 43-12.1-17
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-12.1-17
