S.C. Code Regs. § 93-110 - Examination; Scheduling and Grading

A. The Board shall administer the examinations by a Board-approved testing provider.

(1) Nursing home administrator applicants will sit for an examination. The national portion is prepared by the National Association of the Boards of Examiners for Long Term Care Administrators (NAB). The South Carolina portion is prepared by the South Carolina Board and examines applicants on regulations promulgated by the Department of Health and Environmental Control as they relate to Nursing Homes.

(2) Community Residential Care Facility Administrator applicants will sit for an examination. The national portion is prepared by the National Association of the Boards of Examiners for Long Term Care Administrators (NAB). The South Carolina portion is prepared by the South Carolina Board relating to regulations promulgated by the Department of Health and Environmental Control as they relate to Community Residential Care Facilities.

B. Every nursing home applicant for licensure shall be required to pass the NAB examinations. In addition, each applicant must pass a State examination approved by the board at a raw score of seventy-five (75%) percent.

C. Every community residential care facility applicant shall be required to pass the NAB examination and must pass a State examination approved by the board with a raw score of seventy-five (75%) percent.

D. The Board shall not disclose the grade levels achieved by an applicant to anyone outside the Board except upon written authorization of the applicant.

E. A nursing home applicant who is sitting for the first time for both the national and South Carolina portions of the examination and who receives a passing score in either portion shall be entitled to receive credit for the portion passed and to be re-examined during the next scheduled examination only on the portion not passed. Credit for passing either portion of the examination may be extended upon the approval of the Board.

F. A community residential care facility applicant who is sitting for the first time for the national and the state examinations and who receives a passing score in any of the examinations shall be entitled to receive credit for the examination(s) passed and to be re-examined during the next scheduled examination only on the examination(s) not passed. Credit for passing any of the examination(s) may be extended upon the approval of the Board.

G. Applicants who fail to pass the examination three times must petition the Board if they desire to pursue licensure.

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S.C. Code Regs. § 93-110

Added by State Register Volume 7, Issue No. 4, eff April 22, 1983. Amended by State Register Volume 11, Issue No. 6, eff June 26, 1987; State Register Volume 17, Issue No. 6, eff June 25, 1993; State Register Volume 23, Issue No. 5, eff May 28, 1999; State Register Volume 28, Issue No. 4, eff April 23, 2004; State Register Volume 36, Issue No. 6, eff June 22, 2012; State Register Volume 40, Issue No. 04, eff. 4/22/2016; State Register Volume 44, Issue No. 02, eff. 2/28/2020; State Register Volume 47, Issue No. 05, eff. 5/26/2023.