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 hospital for 36 weeks. The clinical training pro-
 vided in hospitals or other health agencies shall
 follow high school graduation and shall be the same
 as that for the adult program.

 2.44-3 Remuneration or Stipend Provided by Employing
 Hospital During Training Period. Participating
 hospitals and county boards of public instruction,
 with the advice and counsel of the Advisory
 Committee and through cooperative agreement,
 shall determine if a stipend shall be provided
 trainees during the clinical period.

2.45 Plan for Coordinating School and Hospital Training.
 Coordination of school and hospital training shall be a
 duty of the local supervisor of practical nursing education.
 In those centers where no local supervisor is available, the
 coordination shall be performed by the teachers of practical
 nursing education.

2.46 Qualifications of Teachers of Nursing Practice and Theory
 who have Coordinating Responsibility.

 2.46-1 Experience in Nursing. A teacher of nursing
 practice and theory who has coordinating responsi-
 bility shall have had a minimum of two years of
 professional experience as a registered nurse.

 2.46-2 Training for Teaching. Teachers employed to
 teach nursing practice and theory and who have
 coordinating responsibilities must be qualified in
 the area they are teaching and should be approved
 and recommended by the local advisory committee
 for practical nursing education. They must be
 properly certified as full-time teachers of voca-
 tional education, having a minimum of 20 semester
 hours of professional courses, exclusive of
 observation and practice teaching, designed to
 acquaint individuals with instructional tasks.
 Of this number, not more than six nor less than
 three semester hours shall be in the area of
 general professional education.

 2.46-3 Training for Coordination. No specific coordi-
 nation training requirements have been established
 for teachers having coordinating responsibilities.