Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 73 - STANDARDS FOR LICENSED ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES › Part III - Personnel › Section 22VAC40-73-150 - Administrator provisions and responsibilities

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. Each facility shall have an administrator
				  of record.
B. If an administrator
				  dies, resigns, is discharged, or becomes unable to perform his duties, the
				  facility shall immediately employ a new administrator or appoint a qualified
				  acting administrator so that no lapse in administrator coverage occurs.
1. The facility shall notify the department's
				  regional licensing office in writing within 14 days of a change in a facility's
				  administrator, including the resignation of an administrator, appointment of an
				  acting administrator, and appointment of a new administrator, except that the
				  time period for notification may differ as specified in subdivision 2 of this
				  subsection.
2. For a facility
				  licensed for both residential and assisted living care, the facility shall
				  immediately notify the Virginia Board of Long-Term Care Administrators and the
				  department's regional licensing office that a new licensed administrator has
				  been employed or that the facility is operating without an administrator
				  licensed by the Virginia Board of Long-Term Administrators, whichever is the
				  case, and provide the last date of employment of the previous licensed
				  administrator.
3. For a facility
				  licensed for both residential and assisted living care, when an acting
				  administrator is named, he shall notify the department's regional licensing
				  office of his employment, and if he is intending to assume the position
				  permanently, submit a completed application for an approved
				  administrator-in-training program to the Virginia Board of Long-Term Care
				  Administrators within 10 days of employment.
4. For a facility licensed for both
				  residential and assisted living care, the acting administrator shall be
				  qualified by education for an approved administrator-in-training program and
				  have a minimum of one year of administrative or supervisory experience in a
				  health care or long-term care facility or have completed such a program and be
				  awaiting licensure.
5. A facility
				  licensed only for residential living care may be operated by an acting
				  administrator for no more than 90 days from the last date of employment of the
				  administrator.
6. A facility
				  licensed for both residential and assisted living care may be operated by an
				  acting administrator for no more than 150 days, or not more than 90 days if the
				  acting administrator has not applied for licensure, from the last date of
				  employment of the licensed administrator.
7. An acting administrator may be granted one
				  extension of up to 30 days in addition to the 150 days, as specified in
				  subdivision 6 of this subsection, upon written request to the department's
				  regional licensing office. An extension may only be granted if the acting
				  administrator (i) has applied for licensure as a long-term care administrator
				  pursuant to Chapter 31 (§
											54.1-3100 et seq.) of
				  Title 54.1 of the Code of Virginia, (ii) has completed the
				  administrator-in-training program, and (iii) is awaiting the results of the
				  national examination. If a 30-day extension is granted, the acting
				  administrator shall immediately submit written notice of such to the Virginia
				  Board of Long-Term Care Administrators.
8. A person may not become an acting
				  administrator at any assisted living facility if the Virginia Board of
				  Long-Term Care Administrators has refused to issue or renew, suspended, or
				  revoked his assisted living facility or nursing home administrator license.
9. No assisted living facility
				  shall operate under the supervision of an acting administrator pursuant to
				  §§
											54.1-3103.1
				  and
				  63.2-1803
				  of the Code of Virginia more than two times during any two-year period unless
				  authorized to do so by the department.