§ 12-265-103 — Definitions

As used in this article 265, unless the context
otherwise requires:

(1) Board means the board of examiners of nursing home administrators
created in section 12-265-106.

(2) Nursing home administrator means any individual licensed and
responsible for planning, organizing, directing, and controlling the operation of a
nursing home or who in fact performs these functions, whether or not these
functions are shared by one or more other persons.

(3) Nursing home administrator-in-training means an individual registered
with the board pursuant to the provisions of this article 265.

(4) Nursing home facility shall have the same meaning as that set forth in
section 25-1-1002 and shall include nursing care facilities, whether proprietary or
nonprofit, that are licensed under section 25-1.5-103 (1)(a)(I) or pursuant to the rules
for nursing homes promulgated by the department of public health and
environment. The term nursing home includes but is not limited to nursing homes
owned or administered by the state government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.

(5) Practice of nursing home administration means the planning,
organizing, directing, and control of the operation of a nursing home.

(6) Reasonable grounds means facts and circumstances sufficiently strong
to warrant a prudent person to believe that the facts and circumstances are true.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1377, � 1, effective October 1.