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Timestamp: 2019-04-22 04:03:26+00:00

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A license holder or the license holder’s designee must designate an individual who meets the qualifications and conditions set out in §97.244 of this chapter (relating to Administrator Qualifications and Conditions and Supervising Nurse Qualifications) to serve as the administrator of the agency.
A license holder or the license holder’s designee must designate in writing an alternate administrator who meets the qualifications and conditions of an administrator to act in the absence of the administrator.
An administrator or alternate administrator must be available to agency personnel in person or by telephone during the agency's operating hours and in accordance with the rules in this chapter, including §97.210 of this subchapter (relating to Agency Operating Hours), §97.404(h)(2) of this chapter (relating to Standards Specific to Agencies Licensed to Provide Personal Assistance Services), §97.523 of this chapter (relating to Personnel Requirements for a Survey), and §97.527 of this chapter (relating to Post-Survey Procedures).
An administrator must designate in writing an agency employee who must provide DADS surveyors entry to the agency in accordance with §97.523(e) of this chapter (relating to Personnel Requirements for a Survey) if the administrator and alternate administrator are not available.
Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, an agency licensed to provide licensed home health services, licensed and certified home health services, or hospice services must directly employ or contract with an individual who meets the qualifications in §97.244 of this chapter to serve as the supervising nurse.
An agency must designate in writing a similarly qualified alternate to serve as supervising nurse in the absence of the supervising nurse.
A supervising nurse may also be the administrator of the agency if the supervising nurse meets the qualifications and conditions of an administrator described in §97.244(a) and (b) of this chapter.
An agency that provides only physical, occupational, speech or respiratory therapy, medical social services, or nutritional counseling is not required to employ or contract with a supervising nurse. A qualified licensed professional must supervise these services, as applicable.
for an alternate delivery site, §97.29 of this chapter (relating to Application and Issuance of an Alternate Delivery Site License) and §97.322 of this chapter (relating to Standards for Alternate Delivery Sites).
An administrator and alternate administrator must be able to read, write, and comprehend English.
An administrator and alternate administrator designated as an administrator or alternate administrator for the first time on or after December 1, 2006, must meet the initial educational training requirements specified in §97.259 of this subchapter (relating to Initial Educational Training in Administration of Agencies).
An administrator and alternate administrator designated as an administrator or alternate administrator before December 1, 2006, must meet the continuing education requirements specified in §97.260 of this subchapter (relating to Continuing Education in Administration of Agencies).
A person is not eligible to be the administrator or alternate administrator of any agency if the person was the administrator of an agency cited with a violation that resulted in DADS taking enforcement action against the agency while the person was the administrator of the cited agency.
(A)This paragraph applies for 12 months after the date of the enforcement action.
(B) For purposes of this paragraph, enforcement action means license revocation, suspension, emergency suspension of a license, denial of an application for a license, or the imposition of an injunction but does not include administrative or civil penalties.
(C) If DADS prevails in one enforcement action against the agency and also proceeds with, but does not prevail in, another enforcement action based on some or all of the same violations, this paragraph does not apply.
An administrator and alternate administrator must not be convicted of an offense described in Chapter 99 of this title (relating to Denial or Refusal of License) during the time frames described in that chapter.

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