PURPOSE: This rule establishes the procedures by which a currently licensed administrator may place his/her license on an inactive status and the procedures for reactivating the license, pursuant to section 344.108, RSMo.

1. (1) Any nursing home administrator possessing a current license to practice as a nursing home administrator in Missouri may request an inactive license.

2. (2) Licensees interested in requesting an inactive license must submit the following information to the board prior to June 30 of the year of renewal of the administrator’s active license.

   1. (A) A fee of fifty dollars ($50) made payable to the Department of Health and Senior Services;
   2. (B) His/her original wall license and all other indicia of licensure, or evidence satisfactory to the board that the license has been lost, stolen or destroyed;
   3. (C) A signed written request that has been notarized; and
   4. (D) Evidence satisfactory to the board of completion of ten (10) clock hours of continuing education in the area of patient care.
3. (3) The board shall issue a new license to the licensee indicating that the license is inactive once the board has received the required information and has approved the request for inactive licensure status.
4. (4) An inactive license shall expire on June 30 of the year following the year of issuance and every other year thereafter.
5. (5) Licensees seeking to renew shall, on or before June 30, of the year of renewal, file an application for renewal on forms furnished by the board that includes evidence satisfactory to the board of completion of ten (10) clock hours of continuing education in the area of patient care and shall be accompanied by a renewal fee of fifty dollars ($50) made payable to the Department of Health and Senior Services.
6. (6) A license may be carried in inactive status for up to six (6) years from the date of issuance. If the licensee does not reactivate the license during the six (6)-year period, the license shall expire on the last day of the six (6)-year period.
7. (7) An inactive license may be reactivated by submitting a written request to the board, accompanied by evidence satisfactory to the board of the completion of forty (40) clock hours of continuing education and a fee of one hundred dollars ($100) made payable to the Department of Health and Senior Services. The forty (40) clock hours of continuing education shall be earned no earlier than six (6) months prior to the request for reactivation and no later than six (6) months after the inactive license has been reactivated. If the holder of an inactive license requests reactivation prior to completing the forty (40) clock hours of continuing education, the board shall issue a six (6)-month interim license to the licensee. The interim license shall expire six (6) months from the date of issuance or at such earlier time as the licensee earns the forty (40) clock hours of continuing education and submits evidence satisfactory to the board of completion of the required hours.
8. (8) A request for reactivation of an inactive license shall show, under oath or affirmation of the nursing home administrator, a statement that the nursing home administrator has not practiced during the inactive period and is not presently practicing in this state.
9. (9) No person shall practice as a nursing home administrator or hold himself or herself out as a nursing home administrator in this state while his or her license is inactive.
10. (10) An inactive license shall remain subject to discipline for violations of this chapter and the rules promulgated there under.

AUTHORITY: section 344.070, RSMo Supp. 2007.* Original rule filed Dec. 28, 2007, effective Aug. 30, 2008. *Original authority: 344.070, RSMo 1969, amended 1979, 1987, 1989, 2000, 2005, 2007.