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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Here’s the question I asked: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>The curriculum specifies 180 hours and the
skill sheets have been modified to accommodate the curriculum changes. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Am I understanding you correctly that, so
long as the instructors cover all the material in the new, 180 hour curriculum,
they are not required to increase instructional or clinical time until they
have a class which starts after January 1, 2010?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Answer from Ginny Delorimier at the Board of Nursing: <font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'>That is correct.</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hope this makes for a happy Easter weekend for you all,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Elaine<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Elaine Briggs</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial'>Career and Technical Education</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial'>23 State House Station</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Augusta ME 04333-0023</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial'>207-624-6711 </span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial'>fax 207-624-6731</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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