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As used in sections 4751.01 to 4751.11 of the Revised Code:
(A) “Nursing home administrator” means any individual responsible for planning, organizing, directing, and managing the operation of a nursing home, or who in fact performs such function, whether or not such functions and duties are shared by one or more other persons.
(B) “Nursing home” means a nursing home as defined by or under the authority of section 3721.01 of the Revised Code, or a nursing home operated by a governmental agency.
(C) “Temporary license” means a license for a period not to exceed one hundred eighty days issued pursuant to division (B) of section 4751.06 of the Revised Code.
(D) “Valid license” means a license which is current and in good standing.
Effective Date: 07-26-1991
(A) No person shall operate a nursing home unless it is under the supervision of an administrator whose principal occupation is nursing home administration or hospital administration and who holds a valid nursing home administrator’s license and registration, or a temporary license, issued pursuant to Chapter 4751. of the Revised Code.
(B) No person other than a licensed and registered nursing home administrator or person holding a temporary license as required by Chapter 4751. of the Revised Code shall practice or offer to practice nursing home administration in this state. All nursing home administrators and temporary licensees shall comply with Chapter 4751. of the Revised Code and the regulations adopted thereunder.
(C) Every operator of a nursing home shall report to the board of examiners of nursing home administrators the name and license number of each nursing home administrator for said home within ten days after the operator engages a nursing home administrator, and within ten days after a nursing home administrator is no longer engaged as such by such operator for said home.
(D) Each individual who holds a nursing home administrator license or temporary license shall report his residence mailing address and the name and address of each place of employment to the board within ten days after any change.
Effective Date: 08-30-1973
(A) There is hereby established in the department of health a board of examiners of nursing home administrators, which board shall be composed of nine members, eight of whom shall be representative of the professions and institutions concerned with care and treatment of chronically ill or infirm aged patients, and one of whom shall be a public member at least sixty years of age, provided that less than a majority of the board members shall be representative of a single profession or institutional category, and provided further that a person appointed as a noninstitutional member shall neither have nor acquire any direct financial interest in a nursing home. For purposes of this section, nursing home administrators are considered representatives of institutions. Four members shall be nursing home administrators, owners of nursing homes or an officer of a corporation owning a nursing home. The director of health or his designated representative shall be a member. All members of the board shall be citizens of the United States and residents of this state.
(B) The term of office for each appointed member of the board shall be for three years, commencing on the twenty-eighth day of May and ending on the twenty-seventh day of May. Each member shall serve from the date of his appointment until the end of the term for which he was appointed. No member shall serve more than two consecutive full terms.
(C) Appointments to the board shall be made by the governor. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of such term. Any appointed member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of his term until his successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first.
(D) The governor may remove any member of the board for misconduct, incapacity, incompetence, or neglect of duty after the member so charged has been served with a written statement of charges and has been given an opportunity to be heard.
(E) Each member of the board, except the director of health or his designated representative, shall be paid in accordance with section 124.15 of the Revised Code and each member shall be reimbursed for his actual and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of such duties.
(F) The board shall elect annually from its membership a chairman and a vice-chairman.
(G) The board shall hold and conduct meetings quarterly and at such other times as its business requires. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum. The affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the board is necessary for the board to act.
(H) The board shall appoint a secretary who has no financial interest in a nursing home, and may employ and prescribe the powers and duties of such employees and consultants as are necessary to carry out this chapter and the rules adopted under it. Administrative, technical, or other services shall be performed, insofar as practicable, by personnel of the department of health.
Effective Date: 07-24-1990
(A) The board of examiners of nursing home administrators shall:
(1) Develop, adopt, impose, and enforce regulations prescribing standards which must be met by individuals in order to receive a license as a nursing home administrator, which standards shall be designed to ensure that nursing home administrators are of good character and are otherwise suitable, and who, by training and experience, 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 licenses and registrations to individuals determined, after application of such techniques, to meet such standards, and revoke or suspend licenses or registrations previously issued by the board in any case where the individual holding such license or registration is determined to have failed substantially to conform to the requirements of such standards;
(4) Develop, adopt, impose, and enforce regulations and procedures designed to ensure that individuals holding a temporary license, or licensed as nursing home administrators will, during any period that they serve as such, comply with Chapter 4751. of the Revised Code and the regulations adopted thereunder;
(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 Chapter 4751. of the Revised Code and the regulations adopted thereunder;
(6) Take such other actions as may be necessary to enable the state to meet the requirements set forth in the “Social Security Amendments of 1967,” 81 Stat. 908 (1968), 42 U.S.C. 1396 g;
(7) Pay all license and registration fees collected under Chapter 4751. of the Revised Code into the general operations fund created by section 3701.83 of the Revised Code to be used in administering and enforcing this chapter and the rules adopted under it;
(8) Administer, or contract with a government or private entity to administer, examinations for licensure as a nursing home administrator. If the board contracts with a government or private entity to administer the examinations, the contract may authorize the entity to collect and keep, as all or part of the entity’s compensation under the contract, any fee an applicant for licensure pays to take an examination. The entity is not required to deposit the fee into the state treasury.
(B) In the administration and enforcement of Chapter 4751. of the Revised Code, and the regulations adopted thereunder, the board is subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and sections 4743.01 and 4743.02 of the Revised Code except that a notice of appeal of an order of the board adopting, amending, or rescinding a rule or regulation does not operate as a stay of the effective date of such order as provided in section 119.11 of the Revised Code. The court, at its discretion, may grant a stay of any regulation in its application against the person filing the notice of appeal.
Effective Date: 09-14-2000
Except when the board of examiners of nursing home administrators considers it necessary, the board shall not disclose test materials, examinations, or evaluation tools used in an examination for licensure as a nursing home administrator that the board administers under section 4751.04 of the Revised Code or contracts under that section with a private or government entity to administer.
Effective Date: 09-14-2000
(A) The board of examiners of nursing home administrators, or a government or private entity under contract with the board to administer examinations for licensure as a nursing home administrator, shall admit to an examination any candidate who:
(1) Pays the application fee of fifty dollars;
(2) Submits evidence of good moral character and suitability;
(3) Is at least eighteen years of age;
(4) Has completed educational requirements and work experience satisfactory to the board;
(5) Submits an application on forms prescribed by the board;
(6) Pays the examination fee charged by the board or government or private entity.
(B) Nothing in Chapter 4751. of the Revised Code or the rules adopted thereunder shall be construed to require an applicant for licensure or a temporary license, who is employed by an institution for the care and treatment of the sick to demonstrate proficiency in any medical techniques or to meet any medical educational qualifications or medical standards not in accord with the remedial care and treatment provided by the institution if the institution is all of the following:
(1) Operated exclusively for patients who use spiritual means for healing and for whom the acceptance of medical care is inconsistent with their religious beliefs;
(2) Accredited by a national accrediting organization;
(3) Exempt from federal income taxation under section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 1, as amended;
(4) Providing twenty-four hour nursing care pursuant to the exemption in division (E) of section 4723.32 of the Revised Code from the licensing requirements of Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code.
(C) If a person fails three times to attain a passing grade on the examination, said person, before the person may again be admitted to examination, shall meet such additional education or experience requirements, or both, as may be prescribed by the board.
Effective Date: 04-10-2001
(A) An applicant for licensure as a nursing home administrator who has successfully completed the requirements of section 4751.05 of the Revised Code, passed the examination administered by the board of examiners of nursing home administrators or a government or private entity under contract with the board, and paid to the board an original license fee of two hundred fifty dollars shall be issued a license on a form provided by the board. Such license shall certify that the applicant has met the licensure requirements of Chapter 4751. of the Revised Code and is entitled to practice as a licensed nursing home administrator.
(B) A temporary license for a period not to exceed one hundred eighty days may be issued to an individual temporarily filling the position of a nursing home administrator vacated by reason of death, illness, or other unexpected cause, pursuant to regulations adopted by the board.
(C) The fee for a temporary license is one hundred dollars. Said fee must accompany the application for the temporary license.
(D) Any license or temporary license issued by the board pursuant to this section shall be under the hand of the chairperson and the secretary of the board.
(E) A duplicate of the original certificate of registration or license may be secured to replace one that has been lost or destroyed by submitting to the board a notarized statement explaining the conditions of the loss, mutilation, or destruction of the certificate or license and by paying a fee of twenty-five dollars.
(F) A duplicate certificate of registration and license may be issued in the event of a legal change of name by submitting to the board a certified copy of the court order or marriage license establishing the change of name, by returning at the same time the original license and certificate of registration, and by paying a fee of twenty-five dollars.
Effective Date: 09-26-2003
(A) Every individual who holds a valid license as a nursing home administrator issued under division (A) of section 4751.06 of the Revised Code, shall immediately upon issuance thereof be registered with the board of examiners of nursing home administrators and be issued a certificate of registration. Such individual shall annually apply to the board for a new certificate of registration on forms provided for such purpose prior to the expiration of the certificate of registration and shall at the same time submit satisfactory evidence to the board of having attended such continuing education programs or courses of study as may be prescribed in rules adopted by the board.
(B) Upon making an application for a new certificate of registration such individual shall pay the annual registration fee of three hundred dollars.
(C) Upon receipt of such application for registration and the registration fee required by divisions (A) and (B) of this section, the board shall issue a certificate of registration to such nursing home administrator.
(D) The license of a nursing home administrator who fails to comply with this section shall automatically lapse.
(E) A nursing home administrator who has been licensed and registered in this state who determines to temporarily abandon the practice of nursing home administration shall notify the board in writing immediately; provided, that such individual may thereafter register to resume the practice of nursing home administration within the state upon complying with the requirements of this section regarding annual registration.
(F) Only an individual who has qualified as a licensed and registered nursing home administrator under Chapter 4751. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted thereunder, and who holds a valid current registration certificate pursuant to this section, may use the title “nursing home administrator,” or the abbreviation “N.H.A.” after the individual’s name. No other person shall use such title or such abbreviation or any other words, letters, sign, card, or device tending to indicate or to imply that the person is a licensed and registered nursing home administrator.
(G) Every person holding a valid license entitling the person to practice nursing home administration in this state shall display said license in the nursing home which is the person’s principal place of employment, and while engaged in the practice of nursing home administration shall have at hand the current registration certificate.
(H) Every person holding a valid temporary license shall have such license at hand while engaged in the practice of nursing home administration.
Amended by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 10/16/2009.
Effective Date: 09-26-2003
The board of examiners of nursing home administrators, in its discretion, and otherwise subject to Chapter 4751. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted by the board thereunder prescribing the qualifications for a nursing home administrator license, may license a nursing home administrator without examination if he has a valid license issued by the proper authorities of any other state, upon payment of a fee of one hundred fifty dollars, and upon submission of evidence satisfactory to the board both:
(A) That such other state maintained a system and standard of qualifications and examinations for a nursing home administrator license which were substantially equivalent to those required in this state at the time such other license was issued by such other state;
(B) That such other state gives similar recognition to nursing home administrators licensed in this state.
Effective Date: 07-26-1991
No person shall:
(A) Sell or fraudulently obtain or furnish any license, or temporary license, or aid or abet therein;
(B) Practice as a nursing home administrator under cover of any license, registration, or temporary license illegally or fraudulently obtained, unlawfully issued, or which has lapsed;
(C) Practice as a nursing home administrator or use in connection with his name any designation tending to imply that he is a nursing home administrator unless licensed and registered to so practice under the provisions of Chapter 4751. of the Revised Code, except a temporary licensee who makes it clear that he is the holder of a temporary license only;
(D) Otherwise violate any of the provisions of Chapter 4751. of the Revised Code or the regulations adopted thereunder.
Effective Date: 08-30-1973
The license or registration, or both, or the temporary license of any person practicing or offering to practice nursing home administration, shall be revoked or suspended by the board of examiners of nursing home administrators if such licensee or temporary licensee:
(A) Is unfit or incompetent by reason of negligence, habits, or other causes;
(B) Has willfully or repeatedly violated any of the provisions of Chapter 4751. of the Revised Code or the regulations adopted thereunder; or willfully or repeatedly acted in a manner inconsistent with the health and safety of the patients of the nursing home in which he is the administrator;
(C) Is guilty of fraud or deceit in the practice of nursing home administration or in his admission to such practice;
(D) Has been convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction, either within or without this state, of a felony. Proceedings under this section shall be instituted by the board or shall be begun by filing with the board charges in writing and under oath.
Effective Date: 08-30-1973
(A) The board of examiners of nursing home administrators may, in its discretion, reissue a license or registration, or both, to any person whose license or registration, or both, has been revoked.
(B) Application for the reissuance of a license or registration, or both, shall not be made prior to one year after revocation and shall be made in such manner as the board may direct.
(C) If a person convicted of a felony is subsequently pardoned by the governor of the state where such conviction was had or by the president of the United States, or receives a final release granted by the adult parole authority of this state or its equivalent agency of another state, the board may, in its discretion, on application of such person and on the submission of evidence satisfactory to the board restore to such person the nursing home administrator’s license or registration, or both.
Effective Date: 04-12-1970
On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the board of examiners of nursing home administrators shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license issued pursuant to this chapter.
Effective Date: 03-22-2001
Whoever violates section 4751.02 or 4751.09 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars for the first offense; for each subsequent offense such person shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than ninety days, or both.
Effective Date: 08-30-1973