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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012

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A N A C T

RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - NURSING HOME

ADMINISTRATORS

     Introduced By: Senator Erin P. Lynch

     Date Introduced: May 17, 2012

     Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services

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 not disqualify an

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applicant on the basis that his or her most recent experience was in a management position having

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direct responsibility for overseeing and directing a number of licensed nursing home

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administrators, rather than as an administrator of a licensed long-term care facility.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N A C T

RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - NURSING HOME

ADMINISTRATORS

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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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