NAC654.111. Licensure without examination.

     1. An applicant who holds a license as a nursing facility administrator or its equivalent from another jurisdiction and wishes to obtain a license as a nursing facility administrator in this State without taking the examination required by NRS 654.150 must submit an application to the Board with the applicable fees as required by NAC 654.105 and evidence satisfactory to the Board that:

     (a) The applicant:

          (1) Has obtained a baccalaureate or master’s degree in the administration of nursing facilities or a related field from a college or university recognized by the United States Department of Education and has successfully completed at least 1,000 hours:

               (I) In a program for training administrators approved by the Board or the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards; or

               (II) In an internship or residency program in a facility providing long-term nursing care;

          (2) Has obtained a baccalaureate or master’s degree in any field from a college or university recognized by the United States Department of Education and has successfully completed at least 1,000 hours in a program for training administrators approved by the Board or the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards; or

          (3) Has obtained a certificate issued by the American College of Health Care Administrators for the completion of the program for the certification of nursing home administrators.

     (b) The applicant is licensed as a nursing facility administrator in a state that requires a person to pass the examination administered by the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards to obtain such a license.

     (c) The applicant’s score on the examination administered by the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards is valid. For purposes of this paragraph, a score is valid if the applicant’s license as a nursing facility administrator in another state has not lapsed or been suspended, revoked or otherwise restricted since the date that the score was issued by the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards.

     (d) The applicant’s license in that state is in good standing and has been in good standing for the 2 years immediately preceding the date that he or she submits his or her application to the Board.

     (e) The applicant was licensed as a full-time administrator of record of a nursing facility for 2 years of the 5-year period immediately preceding the date on which he or she submits his or her application to the Board.

     (f) Any license as a nursing facility administrator granted to the applicant by the licensing authority of another jurisdiction has not been suspended, revoked or otherwise restricted for any reason other than nonrenewal of the license or failure to obtain the required continuing education credits in a jurisdiction in which the applicant is licensed but is not currently engaged in the practice of nursing facility administration, evidence of which must be provided to the Board directly by the licensing authority of that jurisdiction.

     (g) The applicant has completed 8 hours of training concerning the statutes and regulations relating to long-term care and any other standards of care which apply to nursing facility administrators that is approved by the Board.

     (h) The applicant has complied with all other requirements for licensure as a nursing facility administrator set forth in this chapter and chapter 654 of NRS.

     2. The Board will review the evidence presented pursuant to this section to determine whether the applicant is eligible for licensure pursuant to this chapter and chapter 654 of NRS.

     3. The Board may, upon good cause shown, waive any of the requirements of subsection 1 other than a requirement set forth in chapter 654 of NRS.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Exam’rs for Admin’rs of Facilities for Long-Term Care by R200-99, eff. 3-8-2000; A by R209-05, 5-4-2006; A by Bd. of Exam’rs for Long-Term Care Admin’rs by R129-09, 10-15-2010; R174-12, 2-20-2013)