64B10-11.002: Examination for Licensure
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To clarify the eligibility requirements for licensure.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Eligibility for Licensure.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 468.1685(1), 468.1695(1) FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 456.017, 468.1695(1) FS.
IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE NOTICED IN THE NEXT AVAILABLE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE WEEKLY.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Joe Baker, Jr., Executive Director, Board of Nursing Home Administrators/MQA, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C07, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3257
THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS:
64B10-11.002 Eligibility for Licensure Examination for Licensure.
(1) Required Examinations:
(a) The Board approves the Nursing Home Administrators Examination developed and administered by the National Association of Boards of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators.
(b)(2) In addition to the national examination referenced in subsection (1) above, each applicant for licensure shall also be required to take an examination on the laws and regulations of the State of
(2) To establish eligibility for licensure as a nursing home administrator by examination under Section 468.1695, F.S., the applicant must successfully pass the required examinations in subsection (1), and must provide that the applicant holds:
(a) A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university with a major in health care administration or has credit for at least 60 semester hours in subjects as defined under Rule 64B10-11.007, F.A.C., and
1. Completed a college-affiliated or university-affiliated internship; or
2. Completed a 1,000-hour nursing home administrator-in-training program approved by the Board.
(b) A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, and
1. Completed a 2,000-hour nursing home administrator-in-training program approved by the Board; or
2. Has one year of management experience by performing executive duties and skills, including the staffing, budgeting, and directing of resident care, dietary, and bookkeeping departments within a skilled nursing facility, hospital, hospice, assisted living facility with a minimum of 60 licensed beds, or geriatric residential treatment program. If, however, such experience is not in a skilled nursing facility, the applicant must complete the requirements of a 1,000-hour nursing home administrator-in-training program approved by the Board.
(3) To establish eligibility for licensure as a nursing home administrator by endorsement under Section 468.1705, F.S., the applicant must successfully pass the required examinations in subsection (1), and
(a) Hold a valid active license to practice nursing home administration in another state, provided that the current requirements for licensure in the state are substantially equivalent to, or more stringent than, the current requirements in the state of Florida; and
(b) Have practiced as a nursing home administrator for 2 years within the 5-year period immediately preceding the application by endorsement.
Specific Authority 468.1685(1), 468.1695(1) FS. Law Implemented 456.017, 468.1695(1)(d) FS. HistoryNew 12-26-79, Amended 3-1-82, 7-29-82, Formerly 21Z-11.02, Amended 1-18-87, 6-2-87, 12-3-90, Formerly 21Z-11.002, 61G12-11.002, Amended 7-16-95, Formerly 59T-11.002, Amended 5-15-00, 11-6-02, 8-30-05,__________.
