Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 679 - LONG-TERM CARE ADMINISTRATORS › Subchapter 10 - Licensing of Long-Term care Administrators › Part 3 - APPLICATION FOR LONG TERM CARE ADMINISTRATOR LICENSURE › Section 310:679-10-12 - National examination

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) "NAB
				  Examination(s)" refers to the required examination(s) for a particular license
				  type. Prior to July 2017, NAB conducted only two examinations - one for the NHA
				  and one for the RCAL license types. Many administrators will have single scores
				  from those exams on file. After this date, the examinations were broken into
				  two (2) parts consisting of a "Core" examination and a "Line of Service" or
				  "LOS" module exam, with three (3) different LOS exams possible - the existing
				  NHA and RCAL with HCBS (Home and Community Based Services) being the third LOS
				  "module" added. The "Core" examination items are those items that according to
				  NAB's periodic professional practice analysis have been determined to be "core"
				  to all lines of service as an administrator where the LOS exams or modules are
				  specific to those lines of service. NAB's HSE credential, for example, would
				  require that one will have passed all four (4) of these exams (the "Core" and
				  all three LOS exams). Other licenses may require the Core and a corresponding
				  LOS exam be passed, but viewed as a single exam requirement. It is also
				  possible to simply have a requirement for the Core exam wherein the LOS exams
				  available may not be viewed as wholly compatible with the license/certification
				  type. When one speaks of the NAB Exam, they would typically be referring to the
				  "whole" requirement for an exam or series of exams for the specified license
				  type or credential which explains why it's possible to be referenced in
				  singular or plural.
(b) An
				  individual applying for an initial license must receive a passing score on the
				  applicable exam, either the Nursing Home Administrator ("NHA") examination
				  (Core and NHA module) or the Residential Care/Assisted living ("RC/AL") exam
				  (Core and RCAL module), administered by the National Association of Long Term
				  Care Administrator Boards (NAB) (neither is applicable to Residential Care or
				  Adult Day Care administrator applicants). The Board may waive this requirement
				  if the applicant provides evidence that he has successfully passed the
				  appropriate NAB examination at a previous time. The NAB's RC/AL (Residential
				  Care/Assisted living) exam does not meet the requirements for a nursing home
				  administrator license. An applicant showing proper evidence of having the HSE
				  credential shall be considered to have shown evidence that he passed both the
				  NHA and RCAL exams as well as the HCBS exam. An applicant who tested prior to
				  the implementation of the Core and LOS modules shall be considered to have
				  passed the Core as well as either the NHA or RCAL module (or both) depending on
				  the test(s) taken and passed.
(c)
				  An applicant for licensure by endorsement who has previously passed the
				  required NAB examination will not be required to retake the examination if the
				  applicant provides evidence of a passing score.
(d) An individual applying for a provisional
				  license shall not be required to pass the applicable NAB examination to be
				  provisionally licensed.
(e) Fees
				  for all national examinations shall be in an amount prescribed by and are due
				  and payable to the NAB or its authorized designee.