§ 34-20-12 — Reciprocity

Alabama § 34-20-12

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 34: Professions and Businesses
• Ch. 20: Nursing Home Administrators

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The board may, subject to this chapter and the rules and regulations of the board prescribing the qualifications for a nursing home administrator license, issue a license to a nursing home administrator who has been issued a license by the proper authorities of any other state or issued a certificate of qualification by any national organization, upon complying with the provisions of licensure, payment of a fee established by the board pursuant to its rule-making authority, and upon submission of evidence satisfactory to the board:
(1) That the other state or national organization maintained a system and standards of qualification and examinations for a nursing home administrator license or certificate which were substantially equivalent to those required in this state at the time the other license or certificate was issued by the other state or national organization; and
(2) That the other state gives similar recognition and endorsement to nursing home administrator licenses of this state. The board may charge a fee for completion of a reciprocity questionnaire, pursuant to its rule-making authority.

Legislative History

(Acts 1969, No. 986, p. 1734, §10; Acts 1989, No. 89-238, p. 335, §3; Acts 1993, No. 93-152, p. 216, §3.)