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HOUSE BILL NO. 710

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H0710..........................................................by EDUCATION
NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATORS - LICENSES - Amends existing law relating to
nursing home administrators to require specified documentation for a
nursing home administrator license endorsement.
                                                                        
02/21    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/22    Rpt prt - to Health/Wel

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2006
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 710
                                                                        
                                   BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATORS; AMENDING SECTION 54-1609, IDAHO CODE,
  3        TO REQUIRE  SPECIFIED  DOCUMENTATION  FOR  A  NURSING  HOME  ADMINISTRATOR
  4        LICENSE ENDORSEMENT.
                                                                        
  5    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  6        SECTION  1.  That  Section 54-1609, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  7    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  8        54-1609.  ENDORSEMENT OF LICENSES.  The  board,  in  its  discretion,  and
  9    otherwise  subject  to  the provisions of this act, and the rules of the board
 10    promulgated thereunder prescribing  the  qualifications  for  a  nursing  home
 11    administrator license, may endorse a nursing home administrator license issued
 12    by  the  proper  authorities of any other state upon payment of a fee and upon
 13    submission of evidence satisfactory to the  board  that  the  applicant  meets
 14    those qualifications established by the rules of the board. Each applicant for
 15    licensure by endorsement shall be required to document compliance with each of
 16    the following:
 17        (1)  A  valid  and  current  nursing  home administrator license issued in
 18    another state; and
 19        (2)  (a) At least  one  (1)  year's  experience  in  an  administrator-in-
 20        training program in another state; or
 21        (b)  A  total  of  one  (1)  year's experience through a combination of an
 22        administrator-in-training program and practical experience as an  adminis-
 23        trator in another state.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                            RS 15957

Nursing Home facilities in rural Idaho often have difficulty
attracting licensed administrators.  Often, licensed
administrators from other states are interested, but the
requirements to obtain endorsement in Idaho are more difficult
than for those who initially seek an Idaho license.  This
legislation makes the standards for obtaining endorsement of an
out-of-state license comparable to initially obtaining an Idaho
license. 

 
                          FISCAL IMPACT

None.





Contact
Name: Robert Vande Merwe 
Phone: 343-9735

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                         H 710