PURPOSE: The purpose of this regulation is to comply with section 536.023(3), RSMo 1986, which requires each agency to adopt as a regulation, a description of its operations and methods and procedures where the public may obtain information or make submission or requests.

1. (1) The Missouri Board of Nursing Home Administrators is a licensing board within the Department of Health and Senior Services.

2. (2) It is the function of the board to—

   1. (A) Determine the qualifications of applicants for licensure to practice administration of a long-term care facility, as defined in section 344.010, RSMo, in this state;
   2. (B) Issue licenses to those persons who meet the standards of professional competence set forth in the statutes and as determined at the discretion of the board; and
   3. (C) Approve continuing education activities and courses of instruction and training required of applicants or licensees.
3. (3) The board is further charged with maintaining high standards of professional competence and ethical conduct among licensed administrators, as defined in 19 CSR 73- 2.020.
4. (4) The board has authority to discipline licensees either through the Administrative Hearing Commission and/or enter into probationary settlement agreements as specifically set out in 19 CSR 73-2.
5. (5) The board shall meet as necessary to attend to the matters before the board. Public notice shall be given by the executive secretary before the date of the meeting. The time and location for each meeting may be obtained by contacting the executive secretary of the board at the following website: http://www.health.mo.gov/information/board s/bnha or by telephone at (573) 751-3511.
6. (6) The public may obtain information or make submissions or requests by writing the executive secretary of the board.

AUTHORITY: section 344.070, RSMo Supp. 2010.* This rule was previously filed as 13 19 CSR 73-1 CSR 73-1.010. Original rule filed Sept. 10, 1976, effective Dec. 11, 1976. Rescinded and readopted: Filed May 13, 1980, effective Aug. 11, 1980.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 Feb. 28, 1986. Amended: Filed Oct. 1, 1987, effective Jan. 13, 1988. Moved and amended: Filed Jan. 31, 2003, effective Aug. 30, 2003. Amended: Filed June 15, 2011, effective Jan. 30, 2012.

*Original authority: 344.070, RSMo 1969, amended 1979, 1993, 1995, 2007.