The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise:
AIT-Administrator-in-training-An
individual registered with the Board under §
39.101 (relating to AIT) to serve
a period of practical training and experience under the supervision of a
licensed nursing home administrator.
AIT program-A program established by the
Board as a means for an applicant for licensure as a nursing home administrator
to obtain practical training and experience under the supervision of a licensed
nursing home administrator.
Act-The Nursing Home Administrators
License Act (63 P. S. §§
1101-1114.2).
Board-The State Board of Examiners of
Nursing Home Administrators, a departmental administrative board in the
Department of State.
Clock hour-A unit of education
consisting of 60 minutes of instruction. Programs longer than 30 minutes will
be credited in 15-minute increments.
Continuing education record-A document
issued by the provider to the participant which contains the title of the
program, the hours of education and the dates attended or completed.
Examiner-A member of the Board.
Full-time-A minimum of 4 days per week
comprising a minimum of 35 hours.
Governing authority-The board of
directors for a not-for-profit nursing home, the county commissioners for a
county public nursing home, the licensee for an operated-for-profit nursing
home and the Office of Medical Services and Facilities of the Department of
Public Welfare for a Commonwealth restoration center.
Individual study-A continuing education
course which does not have an instructor or other interactive learning
methodologies and which requires a passing grade on a written examination or
workbook.
License-Certification of an applicant
who has met the requirements of the act and of this chapter that entitle the
applicant to serve, act, practice and otherwise hold himself out as a licensed
nursing home administrator.
NAB-The National Association of Boards
of Examiners of Long-Term Care Administrators.
Nursing home-An institution or facility
in which nursing care and related medical or other health services are provided
for a period exceeding 24 hours, for two or more individuals, who are not
relatives of the administrator, who are not acutely ill and not in need of
hospitalization, but who, because of age, illness, disease, injury,
convalescence or physical or medical infirmity, need care.
Nursing home administrator-An individual
licensed under the act who is charged with the general administration of a
nursing home whether or not the individual has an ownership interest in the
home and whether or not the individual's functions and duties are shared with
one or more other individuals.
Practice of nursing home
administration-The planning, organizing, directing and control of the
operation of a nursing home.
Related health facility-An intermediate
care facility for the mentally retarded (ICF/MR) licensed by the Department of
Public Welfare or a public or private institution licensed by the Department of
Health or operated by the Federal government, for profit or not-for-profit,
organized to provide professional services for the diagnosis, treatment or care
of illness, injury or disease, which is limited to skilled and intermediate
care nursing homes, special and general hospitals or other institutions of a
similar nature that provide professional nursing and other professional health
services to patients admitted for at least a 24-hour period. The term includes
an institution or facility licensed by the Department of Health in which health
services are provided on a regular basis to resident individuals who do not
require the degree of care and treatment that a hospital or skilled nursing
facility, as defined in section 802a of the Health Care Facilities Act
(35 P. S. §
448.802a), is designed to
provide but who, because of the individuals' mental or physical condition,
require health services above the level of room and board.
Supervision-The act of overseeing or
directing a license applicant during the period of qualifying work
experience.
Supervisor-An individual who is present
in a nursing home or related health facility on a full-time basis and who is
charged with the responsibility of overseeing a specific department in a
nursing home or related health facility; that is, nursing, housekeeping,
dietary, laundry, pharmaceutical services, social service, business office,
recreation, medical records, admitting, physical therapy, occupational therapy
or medical and dental services.
Supervisory experience-Knowledge gained
from having acted as a supervisor in the administration of a nursing home,
1,000 of which service shall have been under the supervision of a full-time
licensed nursing home administrator. See §
39.5(c) (relating
to for admission to licensing examination; examination procedures).
Temporary permit-A permit issued by the
Board which authorizes an individual not licensed by the Board to serve as a
nursing home administrator only in the particular facility indicated on the
permit application for up to 1 year in the event of unusual circumstances
affecting the administration of a nursing home, such as the death, disability,
resignation or dismissal of the licensed administrator or other emergency as
determined by the Board.
Notes
The
provisions of this § 39.1 adopted January 28, 1972, effective
1/29/1972, 2 Pa.B. 2244; amended
April 18, 1975, effective 4/19/1975, 5 Pa.B. 931; amended March 5, 1976,
effective 3/6/1976, 6 Pa.B. 418;
amended January 25, 1985, effective 1/26/1985, 15 Pa.B. 254; amended December 13,
1991, effective 12/14/1991, 21
Pa.B. 5725; amended March 9, 2001, effective 3/10/2001, 31 Pa.B. 1362; amended July 11,
2008, effective 7/12/2008, 38
Pa.B 3811; amended June 11, 2010, effective 6/12/2010, 40 Pa.B. 3092; amended May 20, 2022,
effective 5/21/2022, 52 Pa.B.
2963.
The provisions of this § 39.1 amended under
sections 4(a)(9) and (c), 9(b) and (e) and 14 of the Nursing Home
Administrators License Act (63 P.S. §§
1104(a)(9)
and (c),
1109(b) and (e) and
1114).
