26 Tex. Admin. Code § 555.16
Examinations
Effective Dec 1, 201136 TexReg 8049Source Note: The provisions of this §555.16 adopted to be effective June 1, 2004, 29 TexReg 4233; amended to be effective June 1, 2009, 34 TexReg 2795; amended to be effective December 1, 2011, 36 TexReg 8049; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the Texas Register April 12, 2019, 44 TexReg 1880.Texas Secretary of State
(a) Applicants seeking licensure as nursing facility administrators from DADS must pass the following examinations:
- (1) state examination on the nursing facility requirements found in Chapter 19 of this title (relating to Nursing Facility Requirements for Licensure and Medicaid Certification); and
- (2) NAB examination.
(b) Applicants register for examination at a designated NAB website by:
- (1) submitting an application for approval to test; and
- (2) paying the $155 state examination and $285 NAB examination fees on-line.
- (c) DADS sends e-mails notifying applicants of their eligibility to take the test.
- (d) Applicants must not take any examination without DADS approval.
- (e) An applicant with a disability, including an applicant with dyslexia as defined in Texas Education Code §51.970 (relating to Instructional Material for Blind and Visually Impaired Students and Students with Dyslexia), may request a reasonable accommodation for the examination under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
- (f) Applicants complete the on-line state and NAB examinations at PES.
- (g) DADS notifies applicants of test scores within two weeks after receiving examination results from the testing agency.
- (h) An applicant who fails an examination and wants to retest must pay the appropriate state or NAB examination fee stated in subsection (b)(2) of this section.
- (i) Applicants failing the state or NAB examination three consecutive times must complete another minimum 1,000-hour AIT internship before retesting.
- (j) Applicants previously licensed as nursing facility administrators by passing the comprehensive examination and who have an expired license for 12 months or longer or voluntarily surrendered their license must pass the NAB and state examinations to obtain a new license.
Source Note:The provisions of this §555.16 adopted to be effective June 1, 2004, 29 TexReg 4233; amended to be effective June 1, 2009, 34 TexReg 2795; amended to be effective December 1, 2011, 36 TexReg 8049; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the Texas Register April 12, 2019, 44 TexReg 1880.