Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4751 - State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators › Chapter 4751-1 - General Provisions › Section 4751-1-02 - Definitions for this chapter

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
"Accredited educational institution" means an academic
				institution of higher learning that includes general education courses as
				requisite to the institution's principal educational programs and that has
				received institutional accreditation from a nationally or regionally recognized
				accrediting agency by the United States department of education. Please visit
				the "Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs" (
https://ope.ed.gov/dapip/#/home
)
				for a comprehensive list (national and regional accredited agencies only).
				Accreditation must have been active at the time of the applicant's graduation
				date.
"Active duty service member" means any member of the armed
				forces of the United States performing active duty under Title X of the
				U.S.C.
"Administrator-in-training" ("AIT") means an individual
				registered as such with the board pursuant to rule
				4751-1-09 of the Administrative
				Code.
"Administrator-in-training program" ("AIT program") means a
				program that the board established to assure that an applicant for licensure as
				a nursing home administrator meets the minimum requirements in professional
				education and experience.
"Adverse action" means revocation or suspension of a license,
				reprimand, censure, or probation; any other loss of or restriction placed upon
				the license, including, but not limited to, the right to apply for, or renew, a
				license; voluntary surrender in lieu of discipline; nonrenewal (excluding
				non-renewal due to non-payment of fees or retirement); administrative fines;
				and any other negative action or finding by the board.
"Applicant" means an individual who applies to the board for a
				license, 
				administrator-in-training program, renewal, or relicensure to practice as a
				licensed nursing home administrator.
"Approved program in nursing home administration" means a
				baccalaureate or higher degree program that is offered by an accredited
				educational institution that has been accredited by the national association of
				boards, and that has been accepted by the board as satisfying the general
				education, special academic preparation, and experience requirements for
				admission to examination.
"Armed forces" means the armed forces of the United States,
				including the army, navy, air force, marine corps, coast guard, or any reserve
				components of those forces; the national guard of any state; the commissioned
				corps of the United States public health service; the merchant marine service
				during wartime such other service as may be designated by congress; or the Ohio
				organized militia when engaged in full-time national guard duty for a period of
				more than thirty days.
"Board" means the board of executives of long-term services and
				supports that section
				4751.03 of the Revised Code
				established.
"Candidate" means a person who the board determines meets the
				conditions for admission to examination.
"Certificate of registration" ("registration") means a printed
				or electronic document that the board issues to each administrator to certify
				the original registration, or 
				renewal of registration, of an administrator's license as required in section
				4751.07 of the Revised
				Code.
"Continuing education" means post-licensure education that is
				consistent with the practice of nursing home administration, assisted living
				administration, or home and community-based serviced administration, as defined
				in this rule, that an administrator takes to maintain professional competency
				to practice administration, improve administrative skills, and effect standards
				of excellence for the practice of the profession in the interest of the safety,
				health, and well-being of the persons served.
"Core of knowledge in nursing home administration" means the
				subject areas outlined in rule
				4751-1-06 of the Administrative
				Code.
"Course of study or program of instruction" means any
				educational activity in the subject areas of the core of knowledge in nursing
				home administration, assisted living administration, or home and
				community-based services administration approved by the board to fulfill the
				requirements for pre-licensure education or for continuing education.
"Degree equivalency evaluation" means an equivalency evaluation
				of a degree that was earned from a college or university not domiciled in the
				United States against a degree earned from an accredited college or university
				that is performed by world education services (WES).
"Direct college candidate" means an individual who has
				successfully completed a NAB-accredited bachelor's or master's degree program
				from a NAB-accredited college or university.
"Full time" means at least thirty-five hours per week as an
				administrator practicing nursing home administration in a nursing home or as an
				intern in an internship with an administrator in a nursing home.
"General education" means an academic course of study that
				results in the awarding of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited
				educational institution.
"Health care administration" means that specialty of health
				administration requiring knowledge and skills specific to the administration of
				a health care facility, with emphasis on administration of skilled nursing or
				extended care facilities.
"Health care facility" means a facility operating within the
				framework of the appropriate regulatory agencies that provides residence
				accommodations and personal care, supervision, or assistance to persons who are
				dependent, in whole or part, upon such services.
"Health services executive" means an individual who has
				voluntarily and successfully completed board-approved core studies and
				examinations covering common competencies across service lines, including
				skilled nursing, assisted living, and home and community-based services, and
				who meets the requirements established by the national association of long-term
				care administrator boards.
"Internship site" means a nursing home that is licensed under
				Chapter 3721 of the Revised Code or a nursing home that is operated by a
				governmental agency and certified under Title XVIII or XIX of the Social
				Security Act that is approved by the board for the practical training and
				experience of an administrator-in-training.
"License" means the board-issued document that indicates that
				the licensee has met the requirements for licensure under Chapter 4751 of the
				Revised Code and this chapter.
"Merchant marine" includes the United States army transport
				service and the United States naval transport service.
"NAB" means "the national association of long term care
				administrator boards."
"NAB domains of practice" are the tasks performed and the
				knowledge and skills identified as necessary to perform those tasks by NAB in
				its professional practice analysis. The NAB domains of practice can be found on
				the website of the national association of long term care administrator boards.
				The domains are validated through a national survey of administrators
				representing multiple lines of service and updated every five to seven
				years.
"NAB verify" is the national application and review process for
				HSE qualification.
"National practitioner data bank" (NPDB) is an electronic
				information repository created by Congress. It contains information on medical
				malpractice payments and certain adverse actions related to health care
				practitioners, entities, providers, and suppliers.
"Nursing home" means a nursing home as defined by or under the
				authority of divisions (A), (C) and (D) of section
				3721.01 of the Revised Code, or
				a nursing home operated by a governmental agency.
"Nursing home administrator" ("administrator") has the same
				meaning as in section
				4751.01 of the Revised
				Code.
"Operator" has the same meaning as in rule
				3701-17-01 of the Administrative
				Code.
"Person served" means an individual who receives the care and
				services of a skilled nursing facility, assisted living community, or home and
				community-based services.
"Practice of a health services executive" is a qualification
				that is developed to recognize and promote a quality entry level education,
				continued competency, and accountability of leadership that ultimately provides
				quality services and support in a home-like setting with a commitment to
				choice, dignity, independence, individuality, and privacy based on
				client/resident needs and preference in skilled nursing facilities, assisted
				living communities and home and community based services. The health services
				executive has broad knowledge competencies across the continuum.
"Practice of nursing home administration" means exercising
				management responsibility of a nursing home including the following practices:
				planning, organizing, and directing the overall operation of a nursing home;
				making operating decisions, providing leadership and general supervision,
				employing and discharging staff; instituting and maintaining methods of
				administrative management that demonstrate attempts in good faith to assure
				that the nursing home is in conformity with federal, state, and local laws,
				codes, and regulations pertaining to the operation of said facility and to the
				rights, health, safety, and well-being of the persons served; and the
				administrator practices these duties in a manner that complies with this rule's
				definition for "supervision of a nursing home."
"Preceptor" means an individual qualified by training and
				experience, who is currently licensed as a nursing home administrator in the
				state of Ohio and is charged with coordinating the training of an
				administrator-in-training who is enrolled in a board-approved
				administrator-in-training internship program.
"Revocation" or "revoked license" is a sanction imposed upon a
				license/registration by the board that results in a complete loss of
				license/registration and all privileges attendant thereto and requires holder
				to surrender the license and registration and all other license or
				certificate-related documents to the board.
"Qualifying administrative experience" is a residency or
				internship that is required for an academic degree in nursing home
				administration in all the subject areas of the core of knowledge or all the
				subject areas of rule
				4751-1-06 of the Administrative
				Code or actual work experience in the subject areas of rule
				4751-1-06 of the Administrative
				Code.
"Service member" means any person who is serving in the armed
				forces.
"Service provider" means the entity providing a service to the
				person served whether a skilled nursing facility, home health care agency,
				hospice agency, etc.
"Supervision of an administrator-in-training" means that
				supervision of the AIT must occur full time and in-person at the training
				site(s) or other board-approved location. The preceptor must be present in the
				training site(s) on average for a minimum of thirty-five hours per week for the
				board's requirement of supervision of the AIT to be met. Virtual supervision
				such as internet meetings and phone calls are not counted as full time
				supervision of the AIT without prior board approval in writing.
"Supervision of a nursing home," as required by division (A) of
				section 4751.02 of the Revised Code,
				means the effective management of a nursing home and assurance that residents'
				needs are met; that the administrator spends most of the time between six a.m.
				and six p.m. during normal workweeks of Monday through Friday managing the
				nursing home; and that the administrator's management complies with this rule's
				definitions of "nursing home administrator" and "practice of nursing home
				administration."
"Support network" means anyone identified by the person served
				as a social, financial, and/or emotional support. "Support network" may include
				friends, family, neighbors, church members, or home health care
				providers.
"Suspension" or "suspended license" is a sanction imposed upon
				a license/registration by the board. The licensee retains the license and
				registration and therefore must renew the license, yet cannot function in the
				capacity of a licensed nursing home administrator or health services executive
				until the board determines that conditions responsible for the suspension no
				longer exist, any or all other restoration requirements imposed by the board
				have been met, and the board has restored the licensee's status.
"Training agency for continuing education" means an accredited
				college or university; a statewide or national agency, association or
				professional society related to the field of nursing home administration or a
				corporation or other legal entity that is approved by the board to provide
				courses of study or programs of instruction required for the
				 renewal of the certificate of
				registration.
"Valid license" means a license that is current, as effected by
				the  renewal of the certificate of
				registration, and that is in good standing.
"Veteran" means any person who has completed service in the
				armed forces, including the national guard of any state, or a reserve component
				of the armed forces, who has been discharged under honorable conditions from
				the armed forces or who has been transferred to the reserve with evidence of
				satisfactory service.