Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XLIX - Nursing Facility Administrators › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section XLIX-103 - General Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Whenever used in these rules and regulations, unless
				  expressly otherwise stated, or unless the context or subject matter requires a
				  different meaning, the following terms shall have the respective meanings
				  hereinafter set forth or indicated.
Act of Administration
- encompasses the
				  decision-making process in the planning, organizing, directing and/or
				  controlling the operation of a
nursing home
whether or not
				  there is an ownership interest in the home. The administrator:
a. is responsible for the procurement and direction of
				  competent personnel;
b. organizes the day-to-day functions of the
nursing
				  home
through appropriate delegation of duties;
c. establishes formal means of accountability on the part of
				  subordinates to whom he has assigned duties; and
d. has sufficient freedom from other responsibilities to
				  permit adequate attention to the management and administration of the
nursing home
.
i.
Full-Time Administrator
- an administrator
				  who is licensed, and currently registered and engaged in the
act of
				  administration
and the activity must be the major function of the
person
performing the act. In the performance of the act, the
				  administrator shall spend an adequate and reasonable amount of time on the
				  premises and a major portion of that time shall be during the normal work week
				  of the key personnel of the home. No
full-time administrator
shall function as such for more than two
nursing homes
, which
				  shall be in close proximity and the response time shall be no greater than one
				  hour from facility to facility and from residence to facility.
ii.
Administrator-in-Training
- here and after
				  known as AIT, one who has met the provisions of
				  §503 and 507; and is under the general
				  supervision of a full-time
nursing home administrator
, duly
				  licensed in the state of Louisiana, for a period of at least six consecutive
				  months and who is preparing for licensing.
iii.
Consultant Administrator
- an
				  administrator who is licensed and currently registered and who functions in an
				  advisory capacity to an administrator or associate administrator; has no
				  delegated authority; and functions on an intermittent basis. There shall be no
				  limit on the number of homes with which a
consultant
				  administrator
may work.
iv.
Provider Representative
- a
person
charged with general administration of a
nursing home
on a temporary basis when a home is without a
				  licensed administrator, as approved by the Bureau of Health Services
				  Financing.
Board
- the Board of Examiners of Nursing
				  Facility Administrators of the state of Louisiana.
National Association of Long Term Care Administrator
				  Boards
-the nationally leading authority on licensing, credentialing,
				  and regulating administrators of organizations along the continuum of long term
				  care here and after known as NAB.
Nursing Home
- a place authorized as such by
				  the appropriate licensing authority of this state.
Nursing Home Administrator
- any individual
				  who is or may be charged with the general administration of a
nursing
				  home
and who has been licensed and registered by the
board
in accordance with the provisions of
				  R.S.
				  37:2501.
Person
- an individual, and does not include
				  the terms firm, corporation, association, partnership, institution, public
				  body, joint stock association or any other group of
				  individuals.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S. 37:501
				  and
				  R.S.
				  37:2504.C.