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, upon payment of an examination fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) and satisfactory completion of sections (1) and (2) of this rule, shall be registered for the examination(s). The increase in the fee from one hundred dollars ($100) will be effective for applicants who register for the April 11, 1990 examination and any examination after that. The fee will remain one hundred dollars ($100) for examinations taken prior to the April 11, 1990 test date.

AUTHORITY: section 344.070, RSMo Supp. 1993.* 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 Rescinded and readopted: Filed May 13, 1980, effective Aug. 11, 1980.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. *Original authority 1969, amended 1979, 1993.