* § 6453. Special nursing education program. To grant greater
opportunity in nursing education, the commissioner may:

1. Enter into contracts with any institution of higher education
incorporated in this state, voluntary non-profit hospitals incorporated
within this state or public hospitals located within this state for:

(1) A contract for conducting courses approved by the department to
assist foreign trained nurses to qualify for a license as a registered
professional nurse in this state.

(2) A contract for conducting refresher courses for residents of this
state who have been licensed as registered professional nurses but who
are not actively engaged in nursing.

2. Enter into a contract to expand the enrollment of any institution
of higher education incorporated within this state or any voluntary
non-profit hospital or municipal or county hospital incorporated within
this state providing either a regents' approved curriculum leading to a
baccalaureate degree in professional nursing or a regents' registered
program in professional nursing, by paying an agreed sum to the
institution for each additional student enrolled in each year of
instruction above the average enrollment in such year of instruction for
the last five years prior to the year for which the payment is made. The
sum shall not be paid for more than ten additional students per year.

3. Promulgate regulations necessary for the implementation of these
programs.

* NB Section set out as 6443. Should read 6453