§ 151-A:2 — Nursing Home Administrator License Required

No nursing home in the state may operate unless it is under the supervision of an administrator who holds a currently valid nursing home administrator's license and registration issued pursuant to this chapter. No person shall practice or offer to practice nursing home administration in this state or use any title, sign, card or device to indicate that such person is a nursing home administrator unless such person is duly licensed and registered as a nursing home administrator as required by this chapter. However, nothing in this chapter or the rules adopted under this chapter shall be construed to require an applicant for a license as a nursing home administrator who is certified by a recognized church or religious denomination which teaches reliance on spiritual means alone for healing as having been approved to administer institutions certified by such church or denomination for the care and treatment of the sick in accordance with its teachings, to demonstrate proficiency in any medical techniques or to meet any medical educational qualifications or medical standards not in accord with the remedial care and treatment provided in such institutions.

Legislative History

1969, 459:1. 1977, 477:2. 1998, 137:2, eff. Aug. 7, 1998.