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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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A N A C T | |
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RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - NURSING HOME | |
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ADMINISTRATORS | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Marcello, and Williams | |
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Date Introduced: March 28, 2012 | |
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Referred To: House Corporations | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Section 5-45-8 of the General Laws in Chapter 5-45 entitled "Nursing |
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Home Administrators" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
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5-45-8. Licensure in other jurisdictions. -- The department may issue a nursing home |
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administrator's license without examination, to any person who holds a current license in good |
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standing as a nursing home administrator from another jurisdiction; provided, that the department |
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finds that the individual meets education and experience requirements as established by the |
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department regulation. For purposes of this section the department shall treat an applicant’s |
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experience in a management position having direct responsibility for overseeing and directing |
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three (3) or more licensed nursing home administrators for three (3) or more of the most recent |
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five (5) years as equivalent to such experience as a licensed administrator of a licensed long-term |
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care facility. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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OF | |
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This act would allow an applicant for a nursing home administrator’s license from |
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another jurisdiction to qualify for a license in Rhode Island, even if their most recent experience |
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was in a management position with direct responsibility for overseeing licensed nursing home |
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administrators rather than as an administrator of a facility. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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