1. State Board of Education regulations prescribing the requirements for eligibility for an educational services certificate with a school nurse endorsement shall, at a minimum, require that a candidate for the endorsement:

a. is licensed as a registered nurse pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1947, c.262 (C. 45:11-23 et seq.);

b. holds a bachelor’s degree from a regionally-accredited college or university;

c. completes either a Department of Education-approved college curriculum for the preparation of school nurses or a program of studies, with a minimum of 21 semester hour credits, that includes study in the fundamentals of substance abuse and dependency and such other subject areas as determined by the State board , and clinical experience in a school nurse office; and

d. completes a college-supervised school nurse practicum experience, a portion of which shall be completed in a school nurse office and a portion of which shall be completed in a classroom. The practicum experience may count toward the minimum 21 semester hour credit requirement.
L.2017, c.70, s.1.