Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Chapter 90 - NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATORS
Subchapter 4 - EXAMINATION
Section 16-90-18 - Examination

Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 16-90-18

Current through August, 2024

(a) Every applicant for a license as a nursing home administrator, after meeting the requirements for qualification for examination as set forth in subchapter 2, shall successfully pass a written examination which shall include, but need not be limited to the following subjects:

(1) Applicable standards of environmental health and safety;

(2) Local health and safety regulations;

(3) General administration;

(4) Psychology of patient care;

(5) Principles of medical care;

(6) Personal and social care;

(7)Therapeutic and supportive care and services to patients confined in a nursing home;

(8) Departmental organization and management; and

(9) Community interrelationships.

(b) Every candidate for nursing home administrator license shall be required to pass the [two-part examination consisting of the] national examination for a nursing home administrator's license and the Hawaii state examination, covering the laws and rules governing the administration of nursing homes, with a minimum score of seventy-five per cent in each of the two parts of the examination and may retake only the part or parts failed. If a candidate does not pass both parts after six examinations, within a three year period from the first eligible examination to which the candidate is admitted, the candidate shall retake the entire examination by submitting a new application for qualification for examination. The candidateshall be required to meet the requirements for the licensing examination, as set forth in subchapter 2, which are in force at the time of the reapplication.

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