Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 519 - Nursing Home Administrator-Educational & Licensure Requirements › Section 19a-519-2 - Course in long-term care administration

Current through July 10, 2024
A course in long term care administration, as used in Section
				19a-512
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, shall consist of two components: academic
				instruction in long term care administration and residency training in long
				term care administration.
(a) A course
			 in long term care administration offered by an educational institution in
			 Connecticut must be approved pursuant to Section
			 19a-519-4 of
			 these regulations.
(b) The academic
			 component of a course in long term care administration shall consist of a
			 minimum of three (3) semester credit hours, or equivalent, of academic
			 instruction in Administration and Management of Long Term Care Facilities
			 within an accredited institution of higher education and shall include the
			 following content areas: General Administration and Management of Long Term
			 Care Facilities; Financial Management of Long Term Care Facilities; Laws and
			 Regulations Governing Long Term Care Facilities; Personnel Management and Labor
			 Relations in Long Term Care Facilities; Patient Care and Services; Long Term
			 Care Planning and Delivery Systems; and Gerontology.
(c) The residency training in long term care
			 administration, also referred to as the one year residency period required by
			 Connecticut General Statutes Section
			 19a-512(a)
			 (2), shall consist of a program of at least
			 nine hundred (900) clock hours of administrative training in a long-term care
			 facility providing skilled nursing care twenty-four hours per day under medical
			 supervision and direction, and shall be completed under the joint supervision
			 and direction of a licensed nursing home administrator in such facility and the
			 program director.
Such program shall include the following areas of experience:
				Administration, including Business Office, Human Resources, Management
				Information Processing, Marketing, Planning and Public Relations; Staff
				Development; Nursing Services; Medical and Professional Services;
				Rehabilitative Services, including Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and
				Speech Therapy; Social Services; Medical Records; Recreation Therapy;
				Dietetics; and Physical Plant, including Maintenance, Housekeeping, Central
				Supply, and Laundry.
(d) In
			 all cases, the trainee must receive approval of residency training from the
			 program director prior to beginning the training. A minimum of four hundred
			 fifty (450) clock hours of residency training shall be completed in a long-term
			 care facility with which the trainee has no business or familial affiliation.
			 Upon the prior written approval of the program director, the remaining four
			 hundred fifty (450) clock hours can be completed in a facility where a business
			 or familial affiliation does exist. A minimum of twenty (20) hours of residency
			 training must be completed each week.
(e) The residency training shall not commence
			 prior to the approved academic instruction. The residency training may commence
			 concurrent with the approved academic instruction with the prior written
			 approval of the program director.