ARM 24.159.630. CONTINUED APPROVAL OF PROGRAMS

(1) The board shall evaluate approved programs for continued approval by monitoring and analyzing program performance through: (a) periodic survey visits and reports; (b) accreditation visits and reports; (c) annual reports; and (d) other sources of information regarding achievement of program outcomes, including: (i) student retention and attrition; (ii) faculty turnover; (iii) complaints about the program from students, graduates, or faculty regarding program issues; and (iv) data regarding NCLEX performance. (2) Programs shall maintain annual NCLEX pass rates for first-time test takers that are no less than ten percentage points below the national average. If a program's pass rate is ten percentage points or more below the national average pass rate, the program must submit a report analyzing the variance and a plan to meet the pass rate requirement.