Title: S.L. 1981-1234

General Assembly of North Carolina	Error! Reference source not found.

NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 1234
HOUSE BILL 1508

AN ACT TO AMEND THE NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATOR ACT.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 
Section 1. G.S. 90‑276 is rewritten to read: 
"§ 90‑276. Definitions. — For the purposes of this Article and as used herein:
(1)	'Administrator‑in‑training' means an individual registered with the Board who serves a training period under the supervision of a preceptor.
(2)	'Board' means the North Carolina State Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators.
(3)	'Nursing home' means any institution or facility defined as such for licensing purposes under G.S. 130‑9(e) of the General Statutes, whether proprietary or nonprofit, including but not limited to nursing homes owned or administered by the federal or State government or any agency or political subdivision thereof and nursing homes operated in combination with a home for the aged or any other facility.
(4)	'Nursing home administrator' means a person who administers, manages, supervises, or is in general administrative charge of a nursing home, whether such individual has an ownership interest in such home and whether his functions and duties are shared with one or more individuals.
(5)	'Preceptor' means a person who is a licensed and registered nursing home administrator and meets the requirements of the board to supervise administrators‑in‑training during the training period."
Sec. 2. G.S. 90‑278(1) is amended by inserting a new paragraph c. and redesignating the present paragraph c. as d.:
"c.	He has successfully completed his training period as an administrator‑in‑training as prescribed by the Board."
Sec. 3. G.S. 90‑285 is amended by adding a new subdivision (11) to read:
"(11)	Develop an administrator‑in‑training program to insure that nursing home administrators have adequate training and experience prior to licensure."
Sec. 4. G.S. 90‑280 is rewritten to read:
"(a)	Each applicant for an examination administered by the Board and each applicant for an administrator‑in‑training program shall pay a fee set by the Board not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00).
(b)	Each person licensed as a nursing home administrator shall be required to pay a license fee in an amount set by the Board not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00). A license shall expire on the thirtieth day of September of the second year following its issuance and shall be renewable biennially upon payment of a renewal fee set by the Board not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00).
(c)	Each person licensed as a nursing home administrator shall display his license certificate, along with the current certificate of renewal, in a conspicuous place in his place of employment.
(d)	Any person licensed as a nursing home administrator may receive a duplicate license by payment of a fee set by the Board not to exceed twenty‑five dollars ($25.00).
(e)	Any person licensed as a nursing home administrator who is not acting, serving, or holding himself out to be a nursing home administrator may have his name placed on an inactive list for such period of time not to exceed five years upon payment of a fee set by the Board not to exceed twenty‑five dollars ($25.00).
(1)	Any person having a temporary license issued pursuant to G.S. 90‑278(3) shall pay a fee in an amount set by the Board not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00). If the Board renews the temporary license, no further fee shall be required.
(g)	The Board may set fees for conducting and administering initial training and continuing education courses, and may set a fee not to exceed twenty‑five dollars ($25.00) for certifying a course submitted for review by another individual or agency wishing to offer such courses." 
Sec. 5. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of June, 1982.

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