Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4751 - State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators › Chapter 4751-1 - General Provisions › Section 4751-1-05 - Pre-examination requirements; conditions precedent to application for admission to examination

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The board shall admit to examination for
			 licensure as a nursing home administrator any applicant who has paid the
			 required fees as provided in rule
			 4751-1-16 of the Administrative
			 Code and who shall have first submitted credentials satisfactory to the board
			 that establish that all of the following conditions have been met; namely, that
			 the applicant;
(1) Is at least twenty-one
			 years of age;
(2) Is suitable and
			 fit to be licensed as a nursing home administrator as evidenced by:
(a) Complying with paragraph (B) of rule
			 3701-17-07 of the Administrative
			 Code;
(b) Absence of any physical
			 or mental impairment that would be likely to interfere with the performance of
			 the duties of a nursing home administrator;
(c) Ability to understand and communicate
			 general and technical information necessary to the administration and operation
			 of a nursing home;
(d) Ability to
			 assume responsibility for the administration of a nursing home as evidenced by
			 prior activities and prior qualifying administrative experience;
(e) Ability to relate the physical,
			 psychological, spiritual, emotional, and social needs of the persons served to
			 the administration of a nursing home, and to create a climate necessary to meet
			 the needs and rights of the persons served.
(3) Has met the requirements of general
			 education, as defined in rule
			 4751-1-02 of the Administrative
			 Code, and the requirements that are applicable on the date the completed
			 application is received by the board:
On and after January 1, 1980 has successfully completed a
				course of study and has been awarded a baccalaureate degree from an accredited
				educational institution, as defined in rule
				4751-1-02 of the Administrative
				Code;
(4) Has successfully
			 completed the special academic requirements in the subject areas specific to
			 nursing home administration, that consist of:
(a) The core of knowledge course as described
			 in rule 4751-1-05.1 of the
			 Administrative Code; or,
(b) An
			 approved baccalaureate degree program in nursing home administration, as
			 defined in rule
			 4751-1-02 of the Administrative
			 Code; or
(c) An approved master's
			 degree program in nursing home administration, as defined in rule
			 4751-1-02 of the Administrative
			 Code.
(5) The applicant
			 has met the qualifying administrative experience requirements, as defined in
			 rule 4751-1-02 of the Administrative
			 Code, that are appropriate to the applicant's educational level, namely:
(a) With a baccalaureate degree, the
			 requirement is nine months (fifteen hundred hours) of full-time internship in
			 an approved internship site;
(b)
			 With a baccalaureate degree containing an approved program in nursing home
			 administration as defined in rule
			 4751-1-02 of the Administrative
			 Code, no further qualifying administrative experience is required;
(c) With a master's or higher degree, the
			 requirement is six months (one thousand hours) full-time internship experience
			 in an approved internship site;
(d)
			 With a master's or higher degree containing an approved program in nursing home
			 administration as defined in rule
			 4751-1-02 of the Administrative
			 Code, no further qualifying administrative experience is required;
(e) For qualifying administrative experience,
			 the board may reduce the required hours of internship for both baccalaureate
			 and master's degrees.
(6) Except as provided in rule
			 3701-13-06 of the Administrative
			 Code, the board shall not license, register, or certify an applicant if the
			 applicant has been convicted of a violation of rule
			 3701-13-05 of the Administrative
			 Code. The board shall comply with section
			 9.79 of the Revised
			 Code.
(7) The board may license any
			 person meeting qualifications equal to those in rule
			 4751-1-05 of the Administrative
			 Code, including the following:
(a) A person
			 validated as a health services executive by the national association of
			 long-term care administrator boards.
(b) Before determining if it shall license a
			 person according to rule
			 4751-1-05 of the Administrative
			 Code, the board may require the person to pass the state examination according
			 to rule 4751-1-07 of the Administrative
			 Code.