Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 30 - Professions and Occupations › Part 2703 - Licensure, Regulations, and Administrative Hearings › Chapter 2 - Regulations › Rule 30-2703-2.2 - Continuing Education: Programs and Requirements

Current through June 25, 2024
A.
				Pursuant to Section
				73-17-9(g)
				of the Act, it shall be the function and duty of the Board to devise and
				implement an educational program designed to increase the proficiency of
				nursing home administrators and to assist otherwise qualified individuals to
				prepare for careers in nursing home administration. The purpose of continuing
				education review is to provide a standard and uniform method of evaluating the
				continuing education activities required for maintenance of licensure of
				nursing home administrators.
(1) the program
				must be registered with the Board on forms provided by the Board;
(2) the programs must include areas of study
				selected from the subjects listed in Part 2703, Chapter 1, Rule 1.6 of these
				Rules and Regulations related to long-term or health care
				administrators;
(3) the program
				must be open to all licensed administrators wishing to register and
				attend;
(4) approved sponsors are
				required to submit to the Board an alphabetical listing of all licensed nursing
				home administrators in attendance. A photocopy of all sign-in pages must
				accompany the typed listing;
(5)
a. the program must be submitted to the Board
				for approval at least thirty (30) calendar days prior to the anticipated
				registration of licensees in the course of study.
b. Individual requests will be reviewed when
				submitted at least thirty (30) calendar days prior to the program being held. A
				maximum of ten (10) hours will be accepted from individually approved programs
				per 2-year licensure period.
c. An
				administrator who holds a nursing home administrator license in Mississippi and
				one or more additional states simultaneously, and is working in another state,
				may renew his/her MS license by receiving credit for continuing education hours
				earned from programs that have been approved by the state board in which he/she
				is working.
(6) A
				three-hour semester course in an approved institution of higher learning within
				the guidelines for areas of study may be accepted as meeting twenty (20) clock
				hours of continuing education. A limitation of one three-hour semester course
				per licensure period will apply, that is approved prior to or during the course
				of study.
(7) Programs which have
				received approval by NCERS (the National Board's Review Service for Continuing
				Education) will be acceptable for licensure renewal requirements for nursing
				home administrators licensed in MS, including self study courses and distance
				learning courses. A maximum of twenty (20) hours will be accepted for each
				individual program or course approved by NCERS. No administrator will receive
				credit for more than ten (10) hours earned from self study and distance
				learning courses per 2-year licensure period.
Any sponsor or sponsors found certifying to an untruth will
				  no longer be considered as providing acceptable programs of study.