§ 6-81-1201. Definitions
As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) “Advanced nursing practice” means advanced nursing care provided in one (1) of the following areas of practice: (i) Family practice nursing; (ii) Pediatric nursing; (iii) Women’s health nursing; (iv) Nurse midwifery; (v) Gerontology nursing; (vi) Adult nursing; (vii) Nurse anesthesia; (viii) Nursing administration; (ix) Psychiatric or mental health […]
§ 6-81-1202. Graduate Nurse Educator Loan and Scholarship Board
(a) There is established the Graduate Nurse Educator Loan and Scholarship Board composed of: (1) The dean, chair, or director of each of the accredited graduate nursing programs in the state that offers a nurse practitioner/clinical nurse specialist, nurse midwife, nurse anesthetist, or nursing administration graduate preparation or preparation for nurse educators at the master’s […]
§ 6-81-1203. Graduate nursing students — Eligibility for rural advanced nursing practice and nurse educator loans
(a) The Graduate Nurse Educator Loan and Scholarship Board may make advanced nursing practice or nurse educator loans to an applicant, each advanced nursing practice or nurse educator loan being expressly made subject to the provisions of § 6-81-1204 if it finds that: (1) The applicant is a bona fide resident of Arkansas; (2) The […]
§ 6-81-1204. Graduate nursing students — Rural advanced nursing practice or nurse educator loan contracts — Obligations and conditions
(a) (1) (A) The maximum amount of each master’s rural advanced nursing practice or nurse educator loan for full-time applicants shall not exceed eight thousand dollars ($8,000) per academic year. (B) The maximum amount of each Doctor of Philosophy in nursing loan for full-time applicants shall not exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) per academic year. […]
§ 6-81-1209. Effect of subchapter
Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as establishing minimal requirements for schools of nursing or otherwise affecting the powers and duties of the Arkansas State Board of Nursing regarding schools of nursing.