Effective - 28 Aug 2016, 2 histories
335.203. Nursing education incentive program established — grants authorized, limit, eligibility — administration — rulemaking authority. — 1. There is hereby established the "Nursing Education Incentive Program" within the state board of nursing.
2. Subject to appropriation and board disbursement, grants shall be awarded through the nursing education incentive program to eligible institutions of higher education based on criteria jointly determined by the board and the department of higher education and workforce development. Grant award amounts shall not exceed one hundred fifty thousand dollars. No campus shall receive more than one grant per year.
3. To be considered for a grant, an eligible institution of higher education shall offer a program of nursing that meets the predetermined category and area of need as established by the board and the department under subsection 4 of this section.
4. The board and the department shall determine categories and areas of need for designating grants to eligible institutions of higher education. In establishing categories and areas of need, the board and department may consider criteria including, but not limited to:
(1) Data generated from licensure renewal data and the department of health and senior services; and
(2) National nursing statistical data and trends that have identified nursing shortages.
5. The board shall be the administrative agency responsible for implementation of the program established under sections 335.200 to 335.203, and shall promulgate reasonable rules for the exercise of its functions and the effectuation of the purposes of sections 335.200 to 335.203. The board shall, by rule, prescribe the form, time, and method of filing applications and shall supervise the processing of such applications.
6. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2011, shall be invalid and void.
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(L. 1990 H.B. 1429 § 2, A.L. 2011 H.B. 223 & 231 merged with S.B. 325, A.L. 2016 H.B. 1816)
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXII - Occupations and Professions
Section 335.011 - Short title.
Section 335.016 - Definitions.
Section 335.017 - Intravenous fluids, administration requirements for practical nurses.
Section 335.019 - Certificate of controlled substance prescriptive authority, issued when.
Section 335.021 - Board of nursing — members' qualifications, appointments, how made.
Section 335.031 - Immunity of board members performing official duties.
Section 335.046 - License, application for — qualifications for, fee — hearing on denial of license.
Section 335.051 - Reciprocity — license without examination, temporary license, when.
Section 335.056 - Renewal of license, when due, fee — unlicensed practice prohibited.
Section 335.061 - Reinstatement of license, when — inactive status, board may provide for.
Section 335.068 - Complaints to be sealed records, when.
Section 335.071 - Nursing schools, standards for approval, fees — noncompliance, effect of.
Section 335.075 - Verification of licensure prior to hiring.
Section 335.076 - Titles, R.N., L.P.N., and APRN, who may use.
Section 335.081 - Exempted practices and practitioners.
Section 335.086 - Use of fraudulent credentials prohibited.
Section 335.096 - Penalty for violation.
Section 335.097 - Board of nursing, powers, enforcement.
Section 335.099 - Licensed practical nurse, additional authorized acts.
Section 335.175 - Utilization of telehealth by nurses established — rulemaking authority.
Section 335.200 - Nurse education incentive grants — definitions.
Section 335.212 - Definitions.
Section 335.218 - Nurse loan repayment fund established — administration.
Section 335.224 - Contracts for repayment of loans.
Section 335.227 - Eligibility for loan.
Section 335.230 - Financial assistance, amount.
Section 335.233 - Schedule for repayment of loan — interest, amount.
Section 335.236 - Repayment of loan — when.
Section 335.239 - Deferral of repayment of loans — when.
Section 335.242 - Action to recover loans due.
Section 335.245 - Definitions.
Section 335.251 - Loan repayment contract — qualified employment — recovery of amounts due.
Section 335.254 - Law not to require certain contracts.
Section 335.257 - Verification of qualified employment.
Section 335.360 - Findings and declaration of purpose.
Section 335.365 - Definitions.
Section 335.370 - General provisions and jurisdiction.
Section 335.375 - Applications for licensure in a party state.
Section 335.380 - Additional authorities invested in party state licensing boards.
Section 335.385 - Coordinated licensure information system and exchange of information.
Section 335.400 - Oversight, dispute resolution and enforcement.
Section 335.405 - Effective date, withdrawal and amendment.
Section 335.410 - Construction and severability.
Section 335.415 - Head of the nurse licensing board defined.