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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 296. Definitions
As used in this subchapter:
(1) Eligible entities
The term "eligible entities" means schools of nursing, nursing
centers, academic health centers, State or local governments, and
other public or private nonprofit entities determined appropriate
by the Secretary that submit to the Secretary an application in
accordance with section 296a of this title.
(2) School of nursing
The term "school of nursing" means a collegiate, associate
degree, or diploma school of nursing in a State.
(3) Collegiate school of nursing
The term "collegiate school of nursing" means a department,
division, or other administrative unit in a college or university
which provides primarily or exclusively a program of education in
professional nursing and related subjects leading to the degree
of bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, bachelor of nursing, or
to an equivalent degree, or to a graduate degree in nursing, or
to an equivalent degree, and including advanced training related
to such program of education provided by such school, but only if
such program, or such unit, college or university is accredited.
(4) Associate degree school of nursing
The term "associate degree school of nursing" means a
department, division, or other administrative unit in a junior
college, community college, college, or university which provides
primarily or exclusively a two-year program of education in
professional nursing and allied subjects leading to an associate
degree in nursing or to an equivalent degree, but only if such
program, or such unit, college, or university is accredited.
(5) Diploma school of nursing
The term "diploma school of nursing" means a school affiliated
with a hospital or university, or an independent school, which
provides primarily or exclusively a program of education in
professional nursing and allied subjects leading to a diploma or
to equivalent indicia that such program has been satisfactorily
completed, but only if such program, or such affiliated school or
such hospital or university or such independent school is
accredited.
(6) Accredited
(A) In general
Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term "accredited"
when applied to any program of nurse education means a program
accredited by a recognized body or bodies, or by a State
agency, approved for such purpose by the Secretary of Education
and when applied to a hospital, school, college, or university
(or a unit thereof) means a hospital, school, college, or
university (or a unit thereof) which is accredited by a
recognized body or bodies, or by a State agency, approved for
such purpose by the Secretary of Education. For the purpose of
this paragraph, the Secretary of Education shall publish a list
of recognized accrediting bodies, and of State agencies, which
the Secretary of Education determines to be reliable authority
as to the quality of education offered.
(B) New programs
A new program of nursing that, by reason of an insufficient
period of operation, is not, at the time of the submission of
an application for a grant or contract under this subchapter,
eligible for accreditation by such a recognized body or bodies
or State agency, shall be deemed accredited for purposes of
this subchapter if the Secretary of Education finds, after
consultation with the appropriate accreditation body or bodies,
that there is reasonable assurance that the program will meet
the accreditation standards of such body or bodies prior to the
beginning of the academic year following the normal graduation
date of students of the first entering class in such a program.
(7) Nonprofit
The term "nonprofit" as applied to any school, agency,
organization, or institution means one which is a corporation or
association, or is owned and operated by one or more corporations
or associations, no part of the net earnings of which inures, or
may lawfully inure, to the benefit of any private shareholder or
individual.
(8) State
The term "State" means a State, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, or the
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
(9) Ambulatory surgical center
The term "ambulatory surgical center" has the meaning
applicable to such term under title XVIII of the Social Security
Act [42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.].
(10) Federally qualified health center
The term "Federally qualified health center" has the meaning
given such term under section 1861(aa)(4) of the Social Security
Act [42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa)(4)].
(11) Health care facility
The term "health care facility" means an Indian Health Service
health center, a Native Hawaiian health center, a hospital, a
Federally qualified health center, a rural health clinic, a
nursing home, a home health agency, a hospice program, a public
health clinic, a State or local department of public health, a
skilled nursing facility, an ambulatory surgical center, or any
other facility designated by the Secretary.
(12) Home health agency
The term "home health agency" has the meaning given such term
in section 1861(o) of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C.
1395x(o)].
(13) Hospice program
The term "hospice program" has the meaning given such term in
section 1861(dd)(2) of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C.
1395x(dd)(2)].
(14) Rural health clinic
The term "rural health clinic" has the meaning given such term
in section 1861(aa)(2) of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C.
1395x(aa)(2)].
(15) Skilled nursing facility
The term "skilled nursing facility" has the meaning given such
term in section 1819(a) of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C.
1395i-3(a)].
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