30 Miss. Code. R. 2703-2.2 - Continuing Education: Programs and Requirements
A.
Pursuant to Section
73-17-9(g)
of the Act, it shall be the function and duty of the Board to devise and
implement an educational program designed to increase the proficiency of
nursing home administrators and to assist otherwise qualified individuals to
prepare for careers in nursing home administration. The purpose of continuing
education review is to provide a standard and uniform method of evaluating the
continuing education activities required for maintenance of licensure of
nursing home administrators.
(1) the program
must be registered with the Board on forms provided by the Board;
(2) the programs must include areas of study
selected from the subjects listed in Part 2703, Chapter 1, Rule 1.6 of these
Rules and Regulations related to long-term or health care
administrators;
(3) the program
must be open to all licensed administrators wishing to register and
attend;
(4) approved sponsors are
required to submit to the Board an alphabetical listing of all licensed nursing
home administrators in attendance. A photocopy of all sign-in pages must
accompany the typed listing;
(5)
a. the program must be submitted to the Board
for approval at least thirty (30) calendar days prior to the anticipated
registration of licensees in the course of study.
b. Individual requests will be reviewed when
submitted at least thirty (30) calendar days prior to the program being held. A
maximum of ten (10) hours will be accepted from individually approved programs
per 2-year licensure period.
c. An
administrator who holds a nursing home administrator license in Mississippi and
one or more additional states simultaneously, and is working in another state,
may renew his/her MS license by receiving credit for continuing education hours
earned from programs that have been approved by the state board in which he/she
is working.
(6) A
three-hour semester course in an approved institution of higher learning within
the guidelines for areas of study may be accepted as meeting twenty (20) clock
hours of continuing education. A limitation of one three-hour semester course
per licensure period will apply, that is approved prior to or during the course
of study.
(7) Programs which have
received approval by NCERS (the National Board's Review Service for Continuing
Education) will be acceptable for licensure renewal requirements for nursing
home administrators licensed in MS, including self study courses and distance
learning courses. A maximum of twenty (20) hours will be accepted for each
individual program or course approved by NCERS. No administrator will receive
credit for more than ten (10) hours earned from self study and distance
learning courses per 2-year licensure period.
Any sponsor or sponsors found certifying to an untruth will no longer be considered as providing acceptable programs of study.
B. Each nursing home
administrator shall complete at least forty (40) classroom or clock hours of
continuing education or its equivalent under an approved Continuing Education
program each two-year period.
C.
For new administrators licensed within a biennial period, this requirement
shall be prorated at 1.5 hours per month.
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