WAC 246-840-860. Nursing technician criteria

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.