Rule 393-5-.01. Renewal of License

1. (1) Administrator licenses shall expire on December 31st of each odd-numbered year.

2. (2) Continuing Education

   1. (a) Nursing Home Administrators - Forty (40) hours of CE must be obtained within the current two-year active licensure cycle (i.e. between January 1st of every even numbered year after the expiration date, through December 31st of the subsequent odd numbered year/next expiration date), except as indicated below.
   2. (b) Assisted Living Community Administrators and Personal Care Home Administrators - Thirty (30) hours of CE must be obtained within the current two-year active licensure cycle (i.e. between January 1st of every even numbered year after the expiration date, through December 31st of the subsequent odd numbered year/next expiration date), except as indicated below.
3. (3) It is the responsibility of the licensee to maintain records of CE hours obtained per renewal for a period of three years.
4. (4) The continuing education requirement for the first renewal of a license which was issued in even numbered years shall be half, or twenty (20) hours for Nursing Home Administrators and fifteen (15) hours for Assisted Living Community Administrators and Personal Care Home Administrators, in any combination of the categories set out in Rules 393-13-.01 and 393-13-.04.
5. (5) Licensees obtaining initial licensure in odd numbered years shall not be required to obtain any continuing education hours prior to the first renewal cycle. The passing of the qualifying national examination at any time during the biennium shall be equal to twenty (20) hours of continuing education.

Note: Correction of non-substantive typographical error in Rule History only, "Amended: F. Apr. 29, 2016; eff. May 19, 2016." corrected to "Amended: New title "Renewal of License. Amended." F. Apr. 29, 2016; eff. May 19, 2016." to cite title change omitted in 2016. Effective March 25, 2021.

Authority: O.C.G.A. §§ 43-1-4, 43-1-25, 43-27-4, 43-27-5, 43-27-6, 43-27-8.

History. Original Rule entitled "Licenses and Registration Certificates" was filed on December 31, 1969; effective January 19, 1970.

Amended: Rule repealed and a new Rule entitled "Renewal of License" adopted. Filed September 5, 1975; effective September 25, 1975.

Amended: Filed January 17, 1979; effective February 6, 1979.

Amended: Filed January 19, 1984; effective February 8, 1984.

Amended: Filed October 23, 1985; effective November 12, 1985.

Amended: Filed February 25, 1986; effective March 17, 1986.

Amended: Filed December 18, 1986; effective January 7, 1987.

Amended: Filed July 28, 1987; effective August 17, 1987.

Amended: F. May 5, 1989; eff. May 25, 1989.

Repealed: New Rule, same title, adopted. F. Feb. 12, 1991; eff. Mar. 4, 1991.

Amended: F. Dec. 6, 1994; eff. Dec. 26, 1994.

Amended: F. Sept. 25, 1995; eff. Oct. 15, 1995.

Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F. Jan. 2, 2004; eff. Jan. 22, 2004.

Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F. Dec. 11, 2007; eff. Dec. 31, 2007.

Amended: New title "Renewal of License. Amended." F. Apr. 29, 2016; eff. May 19, 2016.

Amended: New title "Renewal of License." F. Mar. 5, 2021; eff. Mar. 25, 2021.