To be eligible for employment as a nursing technician a student must meet the following criteria:
(1) Satisfactory completion of at least one academic term (quarter or semester) of a nursing program approved by the commission. The term must have included a clinical component.
(2) Currently enrolled in a nursing commission approved program will be considered to include:
(a) All periods of regularly planned educational programs and all school scheduled vacations and holidays;
(b) Thirty days after graduation from an approved program; or
(c) Sixty days after graduation if the student has received a determination from the secretary that there is good cause to continue the registration period.
(d) Current enrollment does not include:
(i) Leaves of absence or withdrawal, temporary or permanent, from the nursing educational program.
(ii) Students who are awaiting the opportunity to reenroll in nursing courses.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
18.79.110,
18.88A.060 and 2020 c 76. WSR 21-04-016, § 246-840-860, filed 1/22/21, effective 2/22/21. Statutory Authority: Chapter
18.79 RCW and 2003 c 258. WSR 04-13-053, § 246-840-860, filed 6/11/04, effective 6/11/04. Statutory Authority: RCW
18.79.160. WSR 97-17-049, § 246-840-860, filed 8/15/97, effective 9/15/97.]