HLS 20RS-361 ENGROSSED
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 242
BY REPRESENTATIVES MIKE JOHNSON, WILFORD CARTER, ADAMS, COX,
CREWS, HUGHES, TRAVIS JOHNSON, LARVADAIN, AND STAGNI
NURSES/NURSING PROGRAMS: Provides relative to the student passage rate required
by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 37:936, relative to accreditation for nursing programs; to provide for the
3 student passage rate of first-time writers and repeaters of a graduating class
4 completing a nursing degree; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 37:936 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง936. Accreditation requirements; nursing education degree programs
8 In order for a nursing education degree program to be accredited or to have
9 its accreditation renewed by the board, the most recent graduating class of the
10 program shall have a passage rate of eighty percent or greater achieved on the
11 National Council Licensure Examination for first-time writers and repeaters who
12 pass for the most recent calendar year. If the eighty percent or greater passage rate
13 is not met by the most recent graduating class of the program, then the board may
14 take adverse action against the program.
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are additions. HLS 20RS-361 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 242
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 242 Engrossed 2020 Regular Session Mike Johnson
Abstract: Provides that nursing education degree programs shall be accredited or have
their accreditation reviewed by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing based upon
passage rates on the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) from the
most recent calendar year.
Present administrative rule provides that a nursing education degree program shall be subject
to probation if 80% of first-time takers, who have recently completed the degree program,
do not pass the NCLEX within one calendar year, January to December.
Proposed law provides that a nursing education degree program shall be subject to probation
if 80% of first-time writers and repeaters, who recently completed the degree program, do
not pass the NCLEX based on the most recent calendar year after graduation.
Proposed law provides that if the most recent graduating class of the nursing education
program does not meet the 80% or greater achieved on the NCLEX, then the La. State Board
of Nursing may take adverse action against the program.
(Adds R.S. 37:936)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.