1. (a) Applicants not meeting the academic or internship requirements for licensure in §18.11 of this subchapter (relating to Academic Requirements) and §18.12 of this subchapter (relating to Internship Requirements), are eligible for licensure if they present evidence satisfactory to DADS of the following alternate education and experience:

   1. (1) a master's degree in health administration, health services administration, health care administration, or nursing, which includes coursework that encompasses the five domains of the NAB, with one year of management experience and completion of a 500-hour internship; or
   2. (2) a baccalaureate degree in health administration, health services administration, health care administration, or nursing, which includes coursework that encompasses the five domains of the NAB, with three years of management experience and completion of a 500-hour internship.
2. (b) A minimum of 250 hours of the 500-hour internship referred to in subsection (a) of this section must be done during traditional business hours.
3. (c) Management experience is defined as full-time employment as a department head or licensed professional supervising two or more employees in a nursing facility or skilled nursing hospital unit.

Source Note:The provisions of this §555.13 adopted to be effective June 1, 2004, 29 TexReg 4233; amended to be effective June 1, 2009, 34 TexReg 2795; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the Texas Register April 12, 2019, 44 TexReg 1880.