NAC391.307. Authorization to serve as school nurse without endorsement.

     1. The Superintendent of Public Instruction may authorize a person who has not received an endorsement pursuant to NAC 391.305 to serve as a nurse in a school district whose enrollment is less than 5,000 pupils if the school district provides evidence to the Superintendent that a person who has received such an endorsement is not available for hire. The person must:

     (a) Hold a current license as a registered nurse from the State Board of Nursing and be supervised by a person who has been endorsed to serve as a school nurse pursuant to NAC 391.305; or

     (b) If the school district does not have in its employ a person to act as supervisor who has been endorsed to serve as a school nurse:

          (1) Hold a current license as a registered nurse from the State Board of Nursing; and

          (2) Submit evidence to the Superintendent of Public Instruction that he or she is in the process of satisfying the requirements found in NAC 391.305 to receive an endorsement as a school nurse.

     2. The Superintendent shall not authorize a person to serve as a school nurse pursuant to subsection 1 for more than 5 years, unless the school district submits evidence that it was unable to employ a sufficient number of persons qualified to hold an endorsement to serve as a school nurse. The evidence must include:

     (a) Copies of advertisements placed in newspapers and journals of nursing that were circulated within this State;

     (b) Copies of letters advertising employment that were sent to institutions awarding baccalaureate degrees in nursing; and

     (c) A list of the persons who applied for the position of school nurse together with copies of their applications and any educational transcripts received by the school district.

     (Added to NAC by Comm’n on Prof. Standards in Education, 7-23-92, eff. 7-1-93)