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urn: urn:us-la:rs:37:1013
citation: "R.S. 37:1013"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 37 › Chapter 11 › Part IV"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1976, number: 542, section: 1, effective_date: 1977-01-01, role: enactment }
  - { year: 1977, number: 285, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
  - { year: 1991, number: 818, section: 4, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
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# Eligibility

A. Members of the faculty of approved schools of nursing shall be eligible to participate in a stipendiary educational program as provided in R.S. 37:1014 through 1016, for the purpose of acquiring a master's or doctoral degree in the field of nursing or a doctoral degree in a related field.

B. Nurses who have a baccalaureate degree in nursing, are admitted into a graduate program for the acquisition of a master's degree in the field of nursing, and who contract to serve as a member of the faculty of an approved school of nursing in this state upon completion of the degree shall be eligible to participate in a stipendiary educational program as provided in R.S. 37:1017.