N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 10 § 96.8 - Courses of study; standards for approval
(a) The applicant shall provide official
documentation acceptable to the Board of successful completion of a
Baccalaureate or higher level degree from an accredited educational institution
acceptable to the Board including, or supplemented by, a Board approved
Administrator-In-Training (AIT) Program of at least 12 months full-time
experience based upon the standard definition of full-time utilized in the
facility but not less than 1820 clock hours duration and at least 15 credit
hours of required course work acceptable to the Board, completed at an
accredited post-secondary educational institution in the following five areas:
(1) Nursing home facility administration (at
least three (3) semester credit hours) at the course level equivalent to 300 or
higher, and
(2) Health care
financial management (at least three (3) semester credit hours) at the course
level equivalent to 300 or higher, and
(3) Legal issues in health care (at least
three (3) semester credit hours) at the course level equivalent to 300 or
higher, and
(4) Gerontology (at
least three (3) semester credit hours), and
(5) Personnel management (at least three (3)
semester credit hours).
(b) The applicant also shall provide official
documentation acceptable to the Board of the successful completion of a
structured internship conducted in a qualifying nursing home that meets the
following requirements:
(1) The internship
program is Board approved and is completed in a training site that has a valid
operating certificate issued by the New York State Department of Health and
shall be under the full-time supervision of a New York State licensed and
currently registered nursing home administrator.
(i) The training site shall participate in
the Title XVIII (Medicare) and Title XIX (Medicaid) programs and meet the
definition of a nursing home under Public Health Law Article 28;
(ii) The nursing home shall have an
acceptable surveillance history for the previous two years and have no formal
enforcement action pending or in progress against it.
(iii) The applicant shall have no financial
interest in the training site or be related to any person that has a financial
interest in the training site.
(iv)
The applicant may complete their internship at a facility where the applicant
is employed. In such case, payment of salary or wages by the facility to the
employed applicant is not prohibited.
(2) The internship is conducted under the
direct supervision of a preceptor who is the AOR of the nursing home;
(i) The preceptor shall have held a New York
State nursing home administrator license for at least two years and shall hold
a current registration certificate.
(ii) The preceptor shall have had at least
three years of full-time experience as the AOR of a nursing home during the
last five years, including at least one year in a New York State nursing home
eligible for approval as a training site.
(iii) The preceptor shall not have had their
nursing home administrator license annulled, suspended, revoked, surrendered or
forfeited, nor shall the preceptor have otherwise been disciplined by the Board
or have any formal disciplinary action pending or in progress against
them.
(iv) The preceptor shall not
be related to the applicant.
(3) The approval of the internship shall be
withdrawn if the preceptor relinquishes their AOR responsibilities at the
training site.
(4) The internship
must have been completed within the previous ten (10) years prior to the
applicants eligibility to take the licensure examination; and
(5) The applicant can not accept an
appointment as Acting Administrator of any nursing home (residential health
care facility) pursuant to 10 NYCRR 415.26(a)(3) during the period inclusively
falling within the dates of the internship. The acceptance of such an
appointment will result in the disqualification of the internship;
and
(6) The internship meets or
exceeds the requirements and guidelines for the Administrator in Training (AIT)
Program established and adopted by the Board.
(i) The preceptor shall submit the internship
to the Board for review and approval in the manner and format specified by the
Board.
(ii) The internship must be
approved by the Board prior to commencement unless the internship was completed
as part of a degree program where the applicant was awarded such degree. In
such case, it is the responsibility of the applicant to provide the Board with
all required documentation and information pertaining to the completed
internship necessary to conduct the review of the degree program
internship.
(7) The
applicant may, at the discretion of the Board, substitute the internship with
two (2) years of verified full-time qualifying field experience in a licensed
nursing home.
Notes
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