HB 1043 -- Nursing Home Administrators

Sponsor:  Behnen

This bill revises provisions pertaining to nursing home
administrators.  In its main provisions, the bill:

(1)  Revises the procedure concerning the successful completion
of examinations by nursing home administrators.  If the applicant
fails the examinations, he or she can reapply to the Board of
Nursing Home Administrators for retesting;

(2)  Requires an applicant who fails either of the examinations a
third time to successfully complete a board-prescribed course of
instruction in order to be licensed;

(3)  Prohibits a nationally certified examination score for
licensure from another state from being recognized by the board
for an applicant who fails the examination for a third time;

(4)  Authorizes the board to renew a temporary emergency license
to an applicant if examination results have not been received by
the board.  Current law does not require the examination to be
administered to an applicant applying for the renewal;

(5)  Authorizes the board, at its discretion, to issue a license
subject to probation for violating causes contained in Section
344.050.2, RSMo.  The contents of the order and the procedures to
request a review of the order by the Administrative Hearing
Commission are stated;

(6)  Specifies additional violations of Chapter 198;

(7)  Authorizes the board to censure or place the person named in
a complaint on probation as deemed appropriate if the finding by
the commission substantiates the violation;

(8)  Authorizes the board to hold a disciplinary hearing to
singly, or in combination, censure or place the person named in
the complaint on probation or to suspend or revoke a certificate
of registration, permit, or license required by Chapter 344.
Reinstatement of the certificate, permit, or license can occur;

(9)  Permits automatic denial of a certificate, permit, or
license to a person who has had a certificate of registration
permit or license denied or revoked in another state which
pertains to the practice of nursing home administration;

(10)  Contains provisions which encourage the settlement of
disputes between the board and its licensees, including
procedures for a review by the Administrative Hearing Commission,
prior to a settlement becoming final;

(11)  Requires that the physician, two licensed health care
professionals, and the health care educator be citizens of the
United States and taxpaying residents of Missouri for one year
preceding their appointment to the board.  The four appointees to
the board are required to be citizens of the United States and
either residents of Missouri one year prior to their appointment
or persons who have been licensed by the board and have been
employed in Missouri for a five-year period;

(12)  Contains procedures which allow any nursing home
administrator who possesses a current license to practice in
Missouri to place their license on inactive status; and

(13)  Contains provisions pertaining to the expiration of an
inactive license, the length of time of an inactive license, and
the reactivation of an inactive license.  Nursing home
administrators are prohibited from acting in that capacity while
their license is inactive.

Missouri House of Representatives
92nd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 23, 2004 at 11:14 am