21 NCAC 42M .0104        APPLICATION AND REGISTRATION

(a)  An institution establishing a preceptorship within the State of North Carolina shall be approved by the Board in accordance with Rule 21 NCAC 42B .0101 and shall:

(1)           notify the Board in writing outlining in sufficient detail the educational purposes of the program, the clinical experience they expect the preceptee to gain, the supervision or protocols that the institution, the preceptor and the preceptee agree to in order to assure safe and effective patient care, the standards by which they will credential preceptors, the facilities that are required and made available by the preceptor to the preceptee, the maximum and minimum number of weeks a student will be assigned to the same preceptor and the means or methods they use to evaluate the student's performance in the program.  If the Board finds that the preceptorship serves the educational goals as outlined by the institution and patient care and safety will not be compromised by lack of proper supervision, the Board will notify the institution of the approval by the Board of their preceptorship program.

(2)           within 30 days of the beginning of each academic year furnish the Board with a current list of optometrists licensed in North Carolina who are recommended by the institution to the Board as having proper credentials and adequate facilities to serve as preceptors.  If "new" preceptors are to be added to the institution's preceptorship program after the institution has filed the preceptor list with the Board, the Board shall be notified prior to a preceptee being assigned to a new preceptor.

(b)  To receive Board approval and be registered as a preceptee, the individual must file an application, Form BEO-7, provided by the Board and must submit such to the Board complete in every detail.  The application must be accompanied by evidence of educational qualifications as required by Rule .0003 of this Subchapter.

(c)  To receive Board approval and be registered as a preceptor, the optometrist must file an application, Form BEO-8, provided by the Board and must submit such to the Board complete in every detail.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 90-115.1(3); 90-117.5;

Eff. April 1, 1993;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. May 23, 2015.