HB 465 -- Nursing Home Administrators

Sponsor:  Smith

This bill revises provisions pertaining to the Nursing Home
Administrators Law.  In its main provisions, the bill:

(1)  Revises the procedure concerning the successful completion
of examinations by nursing home administrators.  If the
applicant fails the examinations, the applicant can reapply to
the Missouri Board of Nursing Home Administrators for re-testing;

(2)  Requires an applicant who fails either of the examinations
a third time to successfully complete a board-prescribed course
of instruction in order to be licensed;

(3)  Prohibits a nationally certified examination score for
licensure from another state from being recognized by the board
for an applicant who fails the examination for a third time;

(4)  Authorizes the board to renew the issue of a temporary
emergency license to an applicant if examination results have
not been received by the board.  Current law does not require
the examination to be administered to an applicant applying for
the renewal;

(5)  Authorizes the board, at its discretion, to issue a license
subject to probation for violating causes contained in Section
344.050.2, RSMo.  The contents of the order and the procedures
to request a review of the order by the Administrative Hearing
Commission are stated;

(6)  Specifies additional violations of Chapter 198;

(7)  Authorizes the board to censure or place the person named
in a complaint on probation as deemed appropriate if the finding
by the Administrative Hearing Commission substantiates the
violation;

(8)  Authorizes the board to hold a disciplinary hearing to
singly or in combination, censure or place the person named in
the complaint on probation or to suspend or revoke a certificate
of registration, permit, or license required by Chapter 344.
Reinstatement of the certificate, permit, or license can occur;

(9)  Permits automatic denial of a certificate, permit, or
license to a person who has had a certificate of registration
permit or license denied or revoked in another state which
pertains to the practice of a profession that is regulated under
Sections 344.010 to 344.100;

(10)  Contains provisions which encourage the settlement of
disputes between the board and its licensees, including
procedures for a review by the Administrative Hearing
Commission, prior to a settlement becoming final;

(11)  Requires that the physician, 2 licensed health care
professionals, and the health care educator be citizens of the
United States and tax paying residents of Missouri for one year
preceding their appointment to the board.  The 4 appointees to
the board are required to be citizens of the United States and
either residents of Missouri one year prior to their appointment
or persons who have been licensed by the board and who have been
employed in Missouri for a five-year period;

(12)  Contains procedures which allow any nursing home
administrator who possesses a current license to practice in
Missouri to place their license on inactive status; and

(13)  Contains provisions pertaining to the expiration of an
inactive license, the length of time of an inactive license, and
the re-activation of an inactive license.  Nursing home
administrators are prohibited from acting in a capacity as a
nursing home administrator while their license is inactive.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated September 13, 2001 at 2:02 pm