Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 5207 – License required
(a) No person shall engage in the practice of nursing home administration or hold himself or herself out to the public in this State as being qualified to act as nursing home administrator; or use in connection with that person’s own name, or otherwise assume or use, any title or description conveying or tending to convey the impression that the person is qualified to act as nursing home administrator, unless such person has been duly licensed under this chapter.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 5207
- Board: shall mean the State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators established in this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 5202
- Nursing home: shall mean any licensed residential health facility for aged, infirm, chronically ill or convalescent persons, excluding neighborhood homes and group homes licensed by the Division of Health Care Quality, that provides shelter and food to more than 4 persons who:
- Nursing home administrator: shall mean the individual licensed under this chapter to practice nursing home administration. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 5202
- Person: shall mean an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, joint stock company, limited partnership, limited liability company, and any other legal entity and includes a legal successor of those entities. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 5202
- State: shall mean the State of Delaware. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 5202
(b) Whenever a license to practice as a nursing home administrator in this State has expired or been suspended or revoked, it shall be unlawful for the person to act as a nursing home administrator in this State.
(c) No person shall act as a nursing home administrator-in-training, or hold out that that person is a nursing home administrator-in-training, unless such person has been duly registered by the Board under this chapter.