§ 63-16-103 — Duties of the board

It is the function and duty of the board to: (1) Develop, impose and enforce standards that must be met by individuals in order to receive a license as a nursing home administrator, which standards are designed to ensure that nursing home administrators are individuals who are of good character and otherwise suitable and who, by training or experience in the field of institutional administration, are qualified to serve as nursing home administrators; (2) Develop and apply appropriate techniques, including examinations and investigations, for determining whether an individual meets such standards; (3) Issue a license to individuals determined, after the application of such techniques, to meet such standards and authorize the state licensing board to revoke or suspend licenses previously issued in any case where the individual holding any such license is determined by the board to have substantially failed to conform to the requirements of such standards; (4) Establish and carry out procedures designed to ensure that individuals licensed as nursing home administrators will, during any period that they serve as such, comply with the requirements of such standards; (5) Receive, investigate and take appropriate action with respect to any charge or complaint filed with the board to the effect that any individual licensed as a nursing home administrator has failed to comply with the requirements of such standards; (6) Conduct a continuing study and investigation of nursing homes and administrators of nursing homes within the state with a view to the improvement of standards imposed for the licensing of such administrators and of procedures and methods for the enforcement of such standards with respect to administrators of nursing homes who have been licensed as such; (7) Conduct or cause to be conducted courses of instruction and training sufficient to meet the requirements of this chapter. In lieu thereof, the board may approve courses conducted by other groups or organizations; (8) Have the authority to adopt, promulgate and enforce rules and regulations necessary for the proper performance of its duties; and (9) The single state agency has the authority to receive and disburse federal funds pursuant to § 1908(e)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396g(e)(1) ).

Legislative History

Acts 1970, ch. 565, § 3; T.C.A., § 63-1603; Acts 1985, ch. 120, § 15.