Employment of academically unqualified administrator

The board may approve a nursing education program that employs an administrator who does not meet the educational requirements in section 54-03.2-03-03 in the following circumstances: 1. The program maintains full approval by the board and the sponsoring institution demonstrates to the satisfaction of the board that substantial effort was used to recruit a candidate with the required credentials, and the candidate is currently enrolled in a doctoral degree program offered by an accredited institution and can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the board a specific plan of completion within seven years of hire for a doctoral degree; and a. The institution demonstrates to the satisfaction of the board that eighty-five percent of the program's nursing faculty full-time equivalents have the required degree; or b. A faculty of seven or fewer members will have no more than one nursing faculty full-time equivalent that is unqualified. 2. As otherwise as approved by the board.