(HB 1027)
Nursing facility administrator licensure renewal or reactivation,
provisions revised.
Section
1.
That
§
36-28-9
be amended to read as follows:
36-28-9.
The board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to determine the qualifications
,
and
competence
, and fitness
of any person to serve as an administrator of a nursing facility under
the provisions of this chapter. The holder of a license under the provisions of this chapter may serve
as the administrator of a nursing facility.
Section
2.
That
§
36-28-10
be amended to read as follows:
36-28-10.
The board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to develop, impose, and enforce
standards which
must
shall
be met by persons in order to receive a license as a nursing facility
administrator. The standards shall ensure that nursing facility administrators
will be
are
persons who
are of good character and are otherwise suitable and who
, by training
or
and
experience in the field
of institutional administration, are qualified to serve as nursing facility administrators.
Section
3.
That
§
36-28-15
be amended to read as follows:
36-28-15.
Each
Any
person applying to be licensed as a nursing facility administrator shall pay
an initial license fee in an amount set in a rule promulgated by the board pursuant to chapter 1-26,
which
shall
may
not exceed one hundred
fifty
dollars.
The initial license fee shall be prorated to the
next biennial renewal date according to rule promulgated by the board pursuant to chapter 1-26.
Section
4.
That
§
36-28-18
be amended to read as follows:
36-28-18.
A nursing facility administrator's license
shall expire
expires
on December thirty-first
of the year following its issuance
biennially
and is renewable
annually
biennially
thereafter upon
application to the board and payment of
an annual
a biennial
license fee set in a rule promulgated
by the board pursuant to chapter 1-26. The fee may not exceed one hundred
twenty-five
fifty
dollars.
The board of examiners may also promulgate rules regarding display of licenses and
certificates of renewal as well as set fees for issuance of duplicate licenses or certificates.
36-28-18.1.
The board
of examiners
may issue duplicate licenses
or certificates
of
annual
biennial
renewal and may adopt rules and set fees therefore
, which may not exceed fifty dollars,
in
compliance with chapter 1-26.
Section
6.
That
§
36-28-19
be amended to read as follows:
36-28-19.
Every
Any
holder of a nursing facility administrator's license shall renew it
annually
biennially
by making application to the board of examiners. Such renewals shall be granted without
examination upon the payment of the required fees, unless the board finds in compliance with
chapter 1-26 that such applicant has acted or failed to act in such a manner or under such
circumstances as would constitute grounds for suspension or revocation of a license.
Section
7.
That
§
36-28-20
be amended to read as follows:
36-28-20.
The board
of examiners
shall
have the power, duty, and responsibility to
conduct a
continuing study and investigation of nursing
homes
facilities
and administrators of nursing
homes
facilities
within the state to improve the standards imposed for the licensing of such administrators
and the procedures and methods for the enforcement of such standards.
Section
8.
That chapter 36-28 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as
follows:
Signed February 2, 2000.