Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-567.12a: Advanced Practice Registered Nurse education programs

- Requirements.

A. Effective January 1, 2016, advanced practice registered

nursing education programs that the applicant has successfully

completed must meet the following requirements to be considered for

approval by the Board:

1. The education program must be a graduate-level program

offered by a university accredited by an accrediting body that is

recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education or the Council for

Higher Education Accreditation;

2. The program holds accreditation or holds candidacy, pre-

accreditation, or applicant status for accreditation from the

National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission, the Commission

on Collegiate Nursing Education, the American College of Nurse-

Midwives Division on Accreditation, or the American Association of

Nurse Anesthetists’ Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia

Educational Programs; and

3. The curriculum of the program must prepare the graduate to

practice in one of the four identified advanced practice registered

nurse roles and in at least one of the six population foci.

B. The Board shall, by administrative rules, set requirements

for approval of advanced practice registered nursing education

programs, approve such programs as meet the requirements, and

identify the process for determining program compliance with

standards.