SB 949 - Under current law, an applicant for a nursing home administrator license must have a minimum of three years of experience or two years of postsecondary education in health care administration or have satisfactorily completed a course of instruction prescribed by the Missouri Board of Nursing Home Administrators, and passed the examination administered by the Board. Under this act, such applicant may meet this requirement if he or she has an associate degree or higher from an accredited academic institution.
Current law allows the Board to issue a temporary emergency license for a period of 90 days to a person 21 years of age or older, of good moral character and a who is a high school graduate or equivalent. A temporary emergency license may be renewed for an additional 90-day period provided such person meets the qualifications for licensure, files an application for regular licensure, and pays the application fee and has taken required examinations, but has not yet received his or her score.
This act permits the Board to issue such license for a period of 120 days to a person that has met the temporary emergency license criteria established by the Board, and repeals the provisions permitting renewal of a temporary license.
This act is identical to a provision contained in TAT/SS/SCS/HCS/HB 1682 (2020), and is substantially similar to HCS/HB 1445 (2020), SB 375 (2019), HB 958 (2019) and HCS/SS/SCS/SBs 70 & 128 (2019).
JOSIE BUTLER