Alabama Administrative Code › Title 620 - ALABAMA BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATORS › Chapter 620-X-5 - EXAMINATION INFORMATION › Section 620-X-5-.02 - Pre-Examination Requirements And Conditions Precedent

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph
			 (3) hereof, no person shall be admitted to or be permitted to take an
			 examination for license as a nursing home administrator unless he/she shall
			 have submitted evidence satisfactory to the Board:
(a) that he/she is at least nineteen (19)
			 years of age;
(b) that he/she is a
			 citizen of the United States of America or that he/she has duly declared their
			 intention of becoming a citizen of the United States of America;
(c) that he/she is of good moral
			 character;
(d) that he/she is
			 suitable and fit to be licensed and to practice as a nursing home
			 administrator; and
(e) that he/she
			 has satisfactorily completed a course of study and has been graduated from a
			 high school or secondary school approved and recognized by the educational
			 authorities of the state in which such school is located or a political
			 subdivision thereof, or has submitted a certificate indicating that he/she has
			 obtained high school, GED, or secondary school equivalency, such certificate
			 being duly certified by a state educational authority or a political
			 subdivision thereof; and
1. Holds an associate
			 degree from an accredited college or university; and
Has worked in a supervisory capacity (supervisory capacity
				means a department head or licensed professional supervising one or more
				individuals) at a licensed nursing home for a minimum of four years (two years
				of work experience equals one year of college); and
Has fulfilled the requirements of an approved 2,000-hour
				nursing home administrator-in-training program prescribed by the Board;
				or
2. Holds a baccalaureate
			 degree from an accredited college or university; and
Has fulfilled the requirements of an approved 1,000-hour
				nursing home administrator-in-training program prescribed by the Board;
				or
3. Holds a baccalaureate
			 degree from an accredited college or university and majored in health care
			 administration; and
Has fulfilled the requirements of a university affiliated or
				college-affiliated internship in Nursing Home Administration or of an approved
				500-hour nursing home administrator-in-training program prescribed by the
				Board; or
4. Holds a
			 masters degree from an accredited college or university and majored in
			 healthcare administration or hospital administration; and
Has fulfilled the requirements of a university affiliated or
				college-affiliated internship in Nursing Home Administration or of an approved
				200-hour nursing home administrator-in-training program prescribed by the
				Board; or
5. As a minimum
			 has met the applicable requirements defined in 620-X-5-.02(f)1-3 of these Rules
			 and Regulations and the Final Rules of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
			 1987, Public Law 100-203, Sections 1819 (f)(4) and 1919(f)(4) as published in
			 the Federal Register, as it applies to Qualifications of Nursing Home
			 Administrators.
6. Has completed a
			 National Association of Boards of Examiners of Long Term Care Administrators
			 Academic University Approved Program.