§ 151-A:3 — Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators

I. There shall be a board of examiners of nursing home administrators, which board shall be composed of 9 members, as follows: Four members shall be nursing home administrators duly licensed and registered under this chapter; four members shall be selected from other professions and institutions concerned with the care of chronically ill and infirm aged patients; and one member representative of the public at large; provided, however, that no more than 2 of the members of the board shall be officials or full time employees of state or local governments; and, provided further, that less than a majority of the board shall be representatives of a single profession or institutional category. All members of the board shall be citizens of the United States or shall have declared their intent to become citizens of the United States, and shall be residents of this state. The noninstitutional members shall have no direct financial interest in any nursing home.
II.
Terms of Office. Three members of the initial board shall be appointed for a one-year term of office; 3 members of the initial board shall be appointed for a 2-year term of office; and 3 members of the initial board shall be appointed for a 3-year term of office. Thereafter, the term of office for each member of the board shall be 3 years. No member shall serve more than 2 consecutive full terms.
III.
Nominations and Appointments.
(a) Appointments to the board shall be made by the governor after consultation with the associations and societies appropriate to the disciplines and professions representative of the vacancies to be filled.
(b) Each member of the board, before beginning the member's term of office, shall receive a certificate of appointment, and shall file the constitutional oath of office.
(c) The governor may remove any examiner for misconduct, incapacity, incompetence, or neglect of duty after the examiner so charged has been served with a written statement of charges and has been given an opportunity to be heard.
(d) [Repealed.]
(e) The public member shall be a resident of the state of New Hampshire who is not, and never has been, a nursing home administrator, or the spouse of any such person. The public member shall not have, and shall never have had, a material financial interest in either the provision of nursing home administration services or an activity directly related to nursing home administration, including the representation of the board or its predecessor or the profession for a fee at any time during the 5 years preceding the date of appointment.
IV. [Repealed.]
V. [Repealed.]
VI. [Repealed.]

Legislative History

1969, 459:1. 1973, 83:1. 1977, 477:3, 4. 1985, 416:11. 1989, 337:1. 1998, 137:3, 4, eff. Aug. 7, 1998. 2010, 118:3, eff. July 1, 2010. 2015, 276:108, XVI, eff. July 1, 2015. 2021, 197:98, I and II, eff. July 1, 2021. 2023, 212:27, eff. Oct. 3, 2023.