Arizona Laws 36-446.04. Qualifications; period of validity; exemption
A. The board shall issue a license as a nursing care institution administrator pursuant to its rules to any person who meets the following qualifications:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 36-446.04
- Adult: means a person who has attained eighteen years of age. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Assisted living facility: means a residential care institution, including an adult foster care home, that provides or contracts to provide supervisory care services, personal care services or directed care services on a continuous basis. See Arizona Laws 36-401
- Board: means the board of examiners of nursing care institution administrators and assisted living facility managers. See Arizona Laws 36-446
- Department: means the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 36-446
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Facilities: means buildings that are used by a health care institution for providing any of the types of services as defined in this chapter. See Arizona Laws 36-401
- Felony involving violence or financial fraud: means any of the following offenses:
(a) Sexual abuse of a vulnerable adult. See Arizona Laws 36-446
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Nursing care institution: means a health care institution that provides inpatient beds or resident beds and nursing services to persons who need continuous nursing services but who do not require hospital care or direct daily care from a physician. See Arizona Laws 36-401
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
1. Has satisfactorily completed a course of instruction and training approved by the board that:
(a) Is designed and sufficiently administered to give the applicant knowledge of the proper needs to be served by nursing care institutions.
(b) Includes a thorough background in the laws and rules governing the operation of nursing care institutions and the protection of the interests of the patients in nursing care institutions.
(c) Includes thorough training in elements of good health care facilities administration.
2. Has passed an examination administered by the board designed to test for competency in the subject matter referred to in this subsection.
3. Has met one of the following fingerprinting requirements:
(a) Has a valid fingerprint clearance card issued pursuant to Title 41, Chapter 12, Article 3.1 and has not been convicted of any felony involving violence or financial fraud.
(b) Has provided proof of the submission of an application for a fingerprint clearance card. An applicant who has been denied a fingerprint clearance card must also provide proof that the applicant qualifies for a good cause exception hearing pursuant to Section 41-619.55 and has not been convicted of any felony involving violence or financial fraud.
B. A person who is licensed pursuant to this section must maintain a valid fingerprint clearance card during the valid period of the person’s license.
C. The board shall issue a certificate as an assisted living facility manager pursuant to its rules to a person who meets the following qualifications:
1. Has satisfactorily completed a course of instruction and training approved by the board that:
(a) Is designed and sufficiently administered to give the applicant knowledge of the proper needs to be served by an assisted living facility.
(b) Includes a thorough background in the laws governing the operation of assisted living facilities and the protection of the interests of the patients in assisted living facilities.
(c) Includes thorough training in elements of assisted living facility administration.
2. Has passed an examination administered by the board that is designed to test for competency in the subject matter prescribed in this subsection.
3. Provides documentation satisfactory to the board that the applicant has completed two thousand eighty hours of paid work experience in a health related field within the preceding five years as prescribed by board rule.
4. Has met one of the following fingerprinting requirements:
(a) Has a valid fingerprint clearance card issued pursuant to Title 41, Chapter 12, Article 3.1 and has not been convicted of any felony involving violence or financial fraud.
(b) Has provided proof of the submission of an application for a fingerprint clearance card. An applicant who has been denied a fingerprint clearance card must also provide proof that the applicant qualifies for a good cause exception hearing pursuant to Section 41-619.55 and has not been convicted of any felony involving violence or financial fraud.
D. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, beginning July 1, 2021, all new licenses and certifications issued by the board must be approved by both the board and the department of health services.
E. A person who is certified pursuant to this section must maintain a valid fingerprint clearance card during the valid period of the person’s certificate.
F. In lieu of the requirements contained in subsection A, paragraph 1 or subsection C, paragraph 1 of this section, an applicant may present satisfactory evidence to the board of sufficient education and training in the areas listed in the respective paragraph.
G. A license is nontransferable and remains in effect until thirty days after the licensee’s birthday of an even-numbered year, at which time the license may be renewed if the licensee otherwise complies with this article and the license has not been surrendered, suspended or revoked.
H. A certificate is nontransferable and remains in effect until thirty days after the certificate holder’s birthday of an odd-numbered year, at which time the certificate may be renewed if the certificate holder otherwise complies with this article and the certificate has not been surrendered, suspended or revoked.
I. This section does not apply to managers of adult foster care homes as defined in section 36-401.