(a) The board shall adopt rules for permitting newly established professional nursing programs to participate in and receive grant awards under the program established under this subchapter.
(b) The rules the board adopts under Subsection (a) must include:
(1) a process for ensuring that newly established professional nursing programs are treated equitably with established programs in the award of grants under this subchapter; and
(2) a method for calculating increases in enrollment or graduates if grants are awarded based on such increases.