2011 Kansas Code
Chapter 74. - STATE BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND AUTHORITIES
Article 32. - HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATION; STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
74-3292 Definitions.
74-3292. Definitions. As used in this act:
(a) "Committee" means the nursing service scholarship review committee established under K.S.A. 74-3299 and amendments thereto.
(b) "Executive officer" means the chief executive officer of the state board of regents appointed under K.S.A. 74-3203a and amendments thereto.
(c) "Rural area" means any county of this state other than Douglas, Johnson, Sedgwick, Shawnee and Wyandotte counties.
(d) "School of nursing" means a school within the state of Kansas which is approved by the state board of nursing to grant an associate degree or a baccalaureate degree in professional nursing or a certificate of completion in practical nursing.
(e) "Sponsor" means any adult care home licensed under the adult care home licensure act, any medical care facility licensed under K.S.A. 65-425et seq. and amendments thereto, any psychiatric hospital licensed under K.S.A. 75-3307b, and amendments thereto, any home health agency licensed under K.S.A. 65-5101 et seq. and amendments thereto, any local health department as defined in K.S.A. 65-241, and amendments thereto, and any state agency which employs licensed practical nurses or licensed professional nurses.