§ 37:2502 — Administrator license required

A. Each nursing facility in the state shall operate under the supervision of an administrator who holds a valid nursing facility administrator's license and registration certificate, or temporary license, issued pursuant to this Chapter. No person shall practice or offer to practice nursing facility administration in this state or use any title, sign, card, or device to indicate that he is a nursing facility administrator, unless such person is licensed and registered as a nursing facility administrator or licensed as a temporary nursing facility administrator as required by this Chapter.
B. The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to any person administering a nursing facility operating solely for persons who rely entirely on spiritual means through prayer for healing, including but not limited to those nursing facilities listed by the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1969, No. 131, §2; Acts 1992, No. 241, §1, eff. June 10, 1992; Acts 1999, No. 546, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.