1. (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (3) hereof, no person shall be admitted to or be permitted to take an examination for license as a nursing home administrator unless he/she shall have submitted evidence satisfactory to the Board:

   1. (a) that he/she is at least nineteen (19) years of age;
   2. (b) that he/she is a citizen of the United States of America or that he/she has duly declared their intention of becoming a citizen of the United States of America;
   3. (c) that he/she is of good moral character;
   4. (d) that he/she is suitable and fit to be licensed and to practice as a nursing home administrator; and

   5. (e) that he/she has satisfactorily completed a course of study and has been graduated from a high school or secondary school approved and recognized by the educational authorities of the state in which such school is located or a political subdivision thereof, or has submitted a certificate indicating that he/she has obtained high school, GED, or secondary school equivalency, such certificate being duly certified by a state educational authority or a political subdivision thereof; and

      1. 1. Holds an associate degree from an accredited college or university; and

         Has worked in a supervisory capacity (supervisory capacity means a department head or licensed professional supervising one or more individuals) at a licensed nursing home for a minimum of four years (two years of work experience equals one year of college); and

         Has fulfilled the requirements of an approved 2,000-hour nursing home administrator-in-training program prescribed by the Board; or

      2. 2. Holds a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university; and

         Has fulfilled the requirements of an approved 1,000-hour nursing home administrator-in-training program prescribed by the Board; or

      3. 3. Holds a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and majored in health care administration; and

         Has fulfilled the requirements of a university affiliated or college-affiliated internship in Nursing Home Administration or of an approved 500-hour nursing home administrator-in-training program prescribed by the Board; or

      4. 4. Holds a master’s degree from an accredited college or university and majored in healthcare administration or hospital administration; and

         Has fulfilled the requirements of a university affiliated or college-affiliated internship in Nursing Home Administration or of an approved 200-hour nursing home administrator-in-training program prescribed by the Board; or

      5. 5. As a minimum has met the applicable requirements defined in 620-X-5-.02(f)1-3 of these Rules and Regulations and the Final Rules of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987, Public Law 100-203, Sections 1819(f)(4) and 1919(f)(4) as published in the Federal Register, as it applies to Qualifications of Nursing Home Administrators.
      6. 6. Has completed a National Association of Boards of Examiners of Long-Term Care Administrators Academic University Approved Program.
2. (2) Examinations given under this section shall be given provisionally; and, should it later appear that the applicant does not meet the requirements or did not exercise reasonable diligence in filing his application, or was the cause of his failure to comply with the requirements for examination, then the examination and its results shall be void.
3. (3) In the event an examination or an examination's results are void under paragraph (4) hereof, all fees and other Moines paid to the Board by the applicant or which are due and payable to the Board by the applicant, are forfeited.

Author: Jacob L. Cureton, Jr., Chairman

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §34-20-9.

History: Filed September 30, 1982. Amended: Filed March 18, 1985. Amended: Filed July 20, 1993; effective August 24, 1993. Amended: Filed May 18, 1998; effective June 22, 1998. Amended: Filed January 16, 2001; effective February 20, 2001.