Requirements
for Licensure
All applicants for licensure must submit the required application form, meet
North Dakota's
education requirement and pass a national examination.
North Dakota recognizes the national examination provided by the National
Association of Boards of Long Term Care Administrators (NAB). The examination is
a computer-based test provided by the Professional Examination Service (PES).
The current education requirement in North Dakota is a baccalaureate degree from
an accredited college or university, and completion of a ND Board approved 480
hour Administrator In Training (AIT) Program and passage of the national
examination.
Upon meeting the education requirements and passing the national examination,
licensure is granted. In order to maintain competence in the field of nursing home
administration, the board requires nursing home administrators to attend 20
hours of classes, seminars or conferences each year.
Types of Licenses:
Regular, Endorsement, Emergency and
Inactive
Regular: An applicant for licensure as
a nursing home administrator who has successfully complied with the licensure
requirements, and has passed the national examination shall be issued
a license certifying that the applicant has met the requirements of the
laws and rules entitling the applicant to serve, act, practice, and otherwise
hold oneself out as a duly licensed nursing home administrator.
Endorsement:
Upon
application, the board may issue a license through endorsement to any person
who: has received a passing grade on a national examination recognized by NAB;
pays an application fee; holds a valid license from the transferring state that
imposes requirements for obtaining a license which are at least as stringent as
the requirements imposed in North Dakota.
Emergency: The board may, upon
application, issue an emergency license to any person who: pays an application
fee of $100; meets the requirements of subsection 1 of section 55-02-01-07;
meets any other requirements that the board finds necessary; and will be
supervised by a preceptor at the expense of the nursing home. Supervision
requires communication between the preceptor and the licensee at least twice in
each week and at least one visit in each month by the preceptor to the nursing
home where the licensee is employed. The preceptor shall make monthly written
reports to the board.
Inactive: A
nursing home administrator whose license has not been revoked or suspended may
request inactive license status for no more than five consecutive years. While
in inactive license status, the administrator must submit a renewal form and a
license fee annually, but the continuing education requirement as set forth in
section 55-02-01-12 need not be met. A license may not be issued during the
inactive license status period. A
nursing home administrator must obtain twenty hours of continuing education
hours prior to reactivating his or her license.
Application Fee: The application fee
for licensure is $100 and is non refundable.
Licensing Fee: The licensing fee for
nursing home administrators is $150 annually, prorated in the case of emergency
or regular licenses issued during the year.
Computer Based Testing (CBT): Applicants
for licensure must pass the national examination which is a computerized test.
The test fee is paid directly to the National Board of Examiners for Long
Term Care Administrators. For more
information on this exam, go to web site www.nabweb.org
& click on the Exams icon.
Meeting
Notices: All meetings are open to the
public and anyone wishing to obtain an agenda may do so by contacting Bev
Herman. All meetings are in a
location that meet the requirements of the American With Disabilities Act.
Meeting dates will be posted on the web site once determined.