Sec. 130.308.  SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR NURSING DEGREE PROGRAM.  (a)  In determining whether a public junior college may offer a baccalaureate degree program in nursing, the coordinating board shall:
(1)  require a public junior college to provide evidence to the coordinating board and the Texas Board of Nursing that the public junior college has secured adequate long-term clinical space;
(2)  obtain a letter from each clinical site provided indicating that the clinical site has not refused a similar request from a general academic teaching institution or medical and dental unit; and
(3)  establish that the corresponding associate degree program offered by the public junior college has been successful as indicated by job placement rates and licensing exam scores.
(b)  A baccalaureate degree program offered under this subchapter by a public junior college in the field of nursing must:
(1)  be a bachelor of science degree program;
(2)  meet the standards and criteria the Texas Board of Nursing uses to approve pre-licensure degree programs at general academic teaching institutions and medical and dental units regardless of whether the program is a pre-licensure or post-licensure program; and
(3)  be accredited by a national nursing accrediting body recognized by the United States Department of Education.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 766 (S.B. 2118), Sec. 9, eff. June 12, 2017.