NAC654.250. Limitations on administration of multiple facilities; secondary administrator’s license; fee; administrative fine; waiver.

     1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, a person licensed as a nursing facility administrator may not be the administrator of record of more than one nursing facility at the same time for more than 90 days in a calendar year.

     2. If a person licensed as a nursing facility administrator is the administrator of record of more than one nursing facility, the person must:

     (a) Immediately notify the Board that he or she is the administrator of record of more than one nursing facility; and

     (b) Obtain a secondary administrator’s license for each additional nursing facility for which he or she is the administrator of record by paying a nonrefundable fee of $100 for each license.

Ê The Board may impose an administrative fine on a licensee for failure to comply with paragraph (a). The amount of such a fine will be at least $500 for a first violation and at least $1,000 for a second or subsequent violation, but will not exceed $10,000 for each violation.

     3. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 4 and 7, a person licensed as an administrator of a residential facility for groups may be an administrator of record for not more than 150 beds located in not more than five residential facilities for groups.

     4. If a person licensed as an administrator of a residential facility for groups operates more than one residential facility for groups, the administrator must:

     (a) Immediately notify the Board that he or she is operating more than one residential facility for groups; and

     (b) Obtain a secondary administrator’s license for each additional residential facility for groups that he or she is operating by paying a nonrefundable fee of $100 for each license.

Ê The Board may impose an administrative fine on a licensee for failure to comply with paragraph (a). The amount of such a fine will be at least $500 for a first violation and at least $1,000 for a second or subsequent violation, but will not exceed $10,000 for each violation.

     5. Each license and secondary license issued by the Board must include the name of the nursing facility or the residential facility for groups for which the license or secondary license was obtained. The Board will label each secondary administrator’s license issued pursuant to subsection 2 or 4 as an “A,” “B,” “C” or “D” license.

     6. A nursing facility administrator or an administrator of a residential facility for groups shall surrender and return a license to the Board not later than 15 calendar days after:

     (a) Relinquishing his or her responsibilities at the nursing facility or residential facility for groups for which the license was obtained; or

     (b) The closure of the nursing facility or residential facility for groups for which the license was obtained.

Ê The Board may impose an administrative fine on a licensee for failure to comply with this subsection. The amount of such a fine will be at least $500 for a first violation and at least $1,000 for a second or subsequent violation, but will not exceed $10,000 for each violation.

     7. Upon application to the Board, a nursing facility administrator or an administrator of a residential facility for groups may, at the discretion of the Board, receive a waiver for a specified period of time from the limitations imposed by this section.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Exam’rs for Nursing Fac. Admin., eff. 3-27-92; A by Bd. of Exam’rs for Admin’rs of Facilities for Long-Term Care, 11-29-95; R187-97, 3-12-98; R131-04, 9-24-2004; 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)