Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 30 - Professions and Occupations › Part 2703 - Licensure, Regulations, and Administrative Hearings › Chapter 1 - Licensure › Rule 30-2703-1.1 - Licensure Requirements for Nursing Home Administrators

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Licensure Requirements
From and after July 1, 2012, in order to be eligible to be
				  licensed as a nursing home administrator, an individual must submit evidence
				  satisfactory to the Board that he or she:
(1) Is at least twenty-one (21) years of
				age;
(2) Is of good moral
				character.
(3) Is in good
				health
(4) Meets one of the
				following educational and/or experiential requirements for licensure:
(a) Has sixty-four (64) semester hours of
				academic college work from an accredited institution and has worked in a
				full-time (i.e., 40 hour per week) supervisory capacity in a
				Mississippi-licensed nursing home for a minimum of two (2) consecutive years
				immediately prior to or preceding the date on which the application for the
				Administrator-in-Training Program prescribed by Part 2703, Chapter 1, Rule
				1.3 is made or received by the Board. For the
				purpose of meeting the educational requirements of this paragraph, quarter
				hours will be converted into semester hours by the current standard conversion
				rate according to Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL);
(b) Has an associate degree from an
				accredited institution and has worked in a full-time (i.e., 40 hours per week)
				supervisory capacity in a Mississippi-licensed nursing home for a minimum of
				two (2) consecutive years immediately prior to or preceding the date on which
				the application for the Administrator-inTraining Program established by Part
				2703, Chapter 1, Rule
				1.3 is received by the
				Board;
(c) Has a bachelor's degree
				in health care administration or a health care related field or business from
				an accredited institution before making application for the
				Administrator-in-Training Program established by Part 2703, Chapter 1, Rule
				1.3; or Has a bachelor's degree in
				any other field of study from an accredited institution before making
				application for the Administrator-in-Training Program established by Part 2703,
				Chapter 1, Rule
				1.3;
(d) For the purposes of licensure, the
				academic program must be accredited by an institution recognized by the Council
				for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).
(5) Causes:
(a) a criminal records check that has been
				performed on the applicant to be sent directly to the Board's administrative
				office directly from the employing institution. This document must be signed
				and notarized; or
(b) a state and
				federal criminal background to be sent to the Board's administrative office
				directly from the appropriate governmental agency.
The applicant shall be responsible for the payment of any
				  fees or costs associated with the state and federal criminal record checks.
				  Such costs or fees shall be paid by the applicant to the agency completing the
				  record check. Criminal record checks must have been performed on the applicant
				  within six (6) months immediately prior to the filing of the Administrator-
				  in-Training Program Application or the Endorsement Application or a new
				  criminal record check shall be required.
(6) Meets one of the following clinical
				requirements -
(a) Has completed the
				Administrator-in-Training Program prescribed by Part 2703, Chapter 1, Rule
				1.3; or
(b) Has completed a Board approved
				Administrator-in Training Program in Long-Term Care Administration from an
				academic institution during which time the institution held National
				Association of Long-Term Care Administrator Board (NAB) Program Approval
				through the Academic Approval process,
(7) Has pursuant to the Board's standards
				developed consistent with Mississippi Code Ann.
				73-17-9(a), has
				completed a Domains of Practice course to the satisfaction of the Board,
				pursuant to Part 2703, Chapter 1, Rule
				1.3.
(8) Has pursuant to the Board's standards
				developed consistent with Mississippi Code Ann.
				73-17-9(a), has
				completed a 2-day training course with the Office of Licensure and
				Certification, Department of Health, to the satisfaction of the Board, pursuant
				to Part 2703, Chapter 1, Rule
				1.3.
(9) Has successfully passed the National
				Association of Long-Term Care Administrator Board (NAB) examination and the
				Mississippi State Board of Nursing Home Administrators examination at the then
				current passing score.
(10) Submits
				payment of the application, license and other applicable fees prescribed in
				Part 2701, Chapter 1, Rule
				1.3.H and
(11) Has met all of the requirements required
				by Section
				73-17-11 of the Mississippi Code
				of 1972, as amended.
(12) Request
				for Pre-Licensure Determination. An individual may request the Board for a
				determination of whether the individual's criminal record will disqualify the
				individual from obtaining a license. The determination request shall be in
				writing, filed on a form supplied by the Board and signed in the presence of a
				notary. The request shall also be accompanied by a judgement of conviction and
				a fee of $25.00.
(a) Disqualifying Crimes
				Felony
(i) An individual may be denied a
				license or permit based on a felony conviction. A felony conviction includes
				the following: a deferred conviction, a deferred prosecution, a deferred
				sentence, finding or verdict of guilt, admission of guilt or a plea of nolo
				contendre.
(ii) Directly Related to
				Licensure Practice. Crimes involving fraud or theft. Nursing Home
				Administrators often have unfettered access to individuals' privileged
				information, financial information, and valuables, including medications,
				money, jewelry, credit cards/checkbook, and sentimental items. Nursing Home
				Administrators also provide services, working night and weekend shifts at
				nursing homes where there is often no direct supervision. Clients in these
				settings are particularly vulnerable to the unethical, deceitful, and illegal
				conduct of a nursing home administrator. When a nursing home administrator has
				engaged in criminal behavior involving physical misconduct, fraud or theft in
				the past, the Board is mindful that similar misconduct may be repeated in
				nursing homes, thereby placing clients and the public at risk.
(iii) Misdemeanor. The admission of multiple
				convictions, including misdemeanor convictions may be used to determine if an
				individual shall be denied a license or permit.
(b) Determination Notification
(i) Time for Response. The licensing
				authority or its designee shall issue a written determination notification to
				the individual within 30 days from the board's receipt of the individual's
				request.
(ii) Standing. The
				individual shall be provided one of the following responses:
1. Insufficient Information. If the
				individual's request contains insufficient information, the licensing authority
				or its designee will notify the individual that a determination cannot be made
				at this time as to the individual's standing or whether or not the criminal
				record will disqualify the individual from obtaining a license.
2. Disqualification Notification. The
				licensing authority or its designee shall notify the individual of the
				following:
* Grounds and reasons for denial or disqualification.
* The right to a hearing;
* The earliest date to reapply for a license;
* Evidence of rehabilitation may be considered upon
				  reapplication.
(c) Administrative Hearing. The notice will
				advise the individual of the right to a hearing to challenge the licensing
				authority or its designee's decision.
(d) Notice of Hearing. The licensing
				authority or its designee shall provide in writing to the individual the time,
				date and nature of the hearing pursuant to the Board's statutory provisions,
				rules and regulations.