Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 016 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Division 25 - Division of Provider Services and Quality Assurance › Rule 016.25.22-003 - Waiver of Licensure Fees-Act 725

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
Arkansas Department of Human Services Division of Medical
				Services Office of Long Term Care
Authority
The following Rules for the Licensure of Nursing Home
				Administrators are duly adopted and promulgated by the Arkansas Department of
				Human Services, Office of Long Term Care, pursuant to the authority expressly
				conferred by Title
				20-10-203(b)
				of the Arkansas Code.
Preface
These rules have been prepared for the purpose of establishing
				nursing home administrator competency as well as criterion for the licensure of
				nursing home administrators. There exists a relationship between the quality of
				care and quality of life for residents in a nursing home and the knowledge,
				skills, and abilities of the nursing home's administrator. This relationship
				becomes increasingly apparent as nursing home administrators attempt to
				implement new and often complex standards of resident care services so that the
				facilities can participate in the full continuum of care.
The rules are subject to periodic revisions as new knowledge
				becomes available that will more fully establish the level of competency
				necessary for effective nursing home administration.
Rules are limited in their ability to set forth all the
				attributes necessary for quality administration. Administrators of nursing
				homes have a responsibility beyond the minimum standards detailed here to
				continue to enhance their education, experience, and professional
				growth.
The end result of such enhancement will be the achievement of
				optimum nursing home resident care.
Section
			 III - Licensure
A.
LICENSURE REQUIREMENT
No person shall administer, manage, supervise, or be in general
				administrative charge of a nursing home unless he or she is a licensed nursing
				home administrator in active status. No nursing home within the State shall
				operate except under the supervision of a licensed administrator. No
				administrator shall manage more than one nursing home.
B.
APPLICATION FOR LICENSURE
Applicants for licensure shall file applications under oath
				with the Department, upon forms prescribed by the Department (Form DMS-7790)
				and shall pay the required licensure fee, as outlined in Ark. Code Ann. §
										20-10-404.
				The application and fee shall be mailed to the Department at the address
				provided by the Department. If the application is approved, the applicant has
				eighteen (18) months from the date of approval, to become licensed. Half of the
				licensure fee shall be refunded to the applicant if the Department denies
				licensure because (a) the application is not approved, (b) the applicant does
				not pass the exams, or (c) any other reason deemed appropriate by the
				Department.
Pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 17-5-104, individuals may be
				granted a licensing waiver if they have been receiving assistance through the
				Arkansas Medicaid Program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the
				Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, the
				Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, or the Lifeline Assistance
				Program; or they were approved for unemployment within the last twelve (12)
				months; or they have an income that does not exceed two hundred percent (200%)
				of the federal poverty income guidelines.
The waiver of the initial fee does not include fees for:
* A criminal background check;
* An examination or a test; or
* A medical or drug test.
A signed consent form from the applicant may be required for
				verification of eligibility.
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