PURPOSE: This rule specifies the minimum requirements for licensure as a nursing home administrator in Missouri.

1. (1) Every applicant shall obtain an application form from the board. The application shall be completed and returned to the board with a nonrefundable application fee.

2. (2) The completed application form shall provide satisfactory proof of the following minimum requirements for Missouri licensure:

   1. (A) That the applicant is twenty-one (21) years of age or over;
   2. (B) That the applicant has completed a high school diploma or equivalent;
   3. (C) That the applicant has good moral character;
   4. (D) That the applicant has not been convicted of any crime, an essential element of which is fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude, or which involves the operation of a long-term care facility or other health-care facility, whether or not sentence is imposed. A copy of the record of conviction or plea of guilty or nolo contendere shall be conclusive evidence of the conviction; and

   5. (E) That the applicant has—

      1. 1. A minimum of three (3) years of

experience in health-care administration;

1. 2. Two (2) years of postsecondary edu-

cation in health-care administration;

1. 3. Satisfactory completion of a course of

instruction and training approved by the board as given in 13 CSR 73-2.031; or

1. 4. Sufficient education, training or expe-

rience in the needs properly served by nursing homes, as determined by 13 CSR 73- 2.041.

1. (3) The applicant, shall be eligible to take the examination upon submission of the National Association of Boards of Examiners for Long Term Care Administrators (NAB) Application Form for Computerized Testing, payment of the required fees and satisfactory completion of sections (1) and (2) of this rule.

AUTHORITY: section 344.070, RSMo Supp. 1998.* Original rule filed March 5, 1974, effective March 15, 1974. Rescinded and readopted: Filed May 13, 1980, effective Aug. 11, 1980. Amended: Filed April 14, 1983, effective July 11, 1983. Amended: Filed Oct. 16, 1985, effective March 14, 1986. Amended: Filed Oct. 1, 1987, effective Jan. 14, 1988. Amended: Filed Dec. 4, 1989, effective March 1, 1990. Emergency amendment filed Nov. 17, 1999, effective Dec. 11, 1999, expired June 7, 2000. Amended: Filed Nov. 1, 1999, effective April 30, 2000. *Original authority: 344.070, RSMo 1969, amended 1979, 1993, 1995.