Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. That the Board of Nursing shall amend its regulations to add or remove the following requirements related to educational requirements for nursing faculty: (i) for baccalaureate degree and prelicensure graduate degree programs, add requirements that every clinical nursing faculty member hold a graduate degree in nursing, or hold a baccalaureate degree in nursing and be enrolled in a graduate degree program, or hold a baccalaureate degree in nursing and hold alternative credentials, and that clinical faculty members with a graduate degree other than in nursing be required to hold a baccalaureate degree in nursing; (ii) for associate degree and diploma programs, remove requirements that the majority of the members of the nursing faculty hold a graduate degree, preferably with a major in nursing and that all members of the nursing faculty hold a baccalaureate degree with a major in nursing; (iii) for associate degree and diploma programs, add requirements that the didactic members of the nursing faculty hold a graduate degree, preferably with a major in nursing, or hold a baccalaureate degree and be actively enrolled in a graduate degree program and that the clinical members of the nursing faculty hold a baccalaureate degree in nursing or an associate degree in nursing and be actively enrolled in a baccalaureate degree in nursing; (iv) for practical nursing programs, remove the requirement that the majority of the members of the nursing faculty hold a baccalaureate degree, preferably with a major in nursing; and (v) for practical nursing programs, add a requirement that the nursing faculty hold a baccalaureate degree, preferably with a major in nursing, or hold an associate degree and be actively enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program.

2. That the Board of Nursing shall promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this act to be effective within 280 days of its enactment.