Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Chapter 90 - NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATORS
Subchapter 5 - STUDY PROGRAMS
Section 16-90-23 - Approval of programs of study

Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 16-90-23

Current through August, 2024

(a) A program of study designed to train and qualify applicants for licensure as nursing home administrators, offered by any [accredited] university, school, or college accredited by a regional accreditation organization and recognized by the council on post-secondary accreditation or by the United States Department of Education, shall be deemed acceptable and approved for that purpose, provided that the program shall:

(1) Have been registered with the board; and

(2) Include the following general subject areas or their equivalents:
(A) Applicable standards of environmental health and safety;

(B) Local health and safety regulations;

(C) General administration;

(D) Psychology of patient care;

(E) Principles of medical care;

(F) Personal and social care;

(G) Therapeutic and supportive care and services to patients confined in a nursing home as defined in section 16-90-2;

(H) Departmental organization and management; and

(I) Community interrelationships[; and

(3) Meet the academic requirements of the accredited institution of higher education for awarding of academic credit; or, the program is within the jurisdiction of an academic department of an accredited institution and does not offer academic credit].

(b) Any program offered by an educational institution, [except as] not provided [under section 16-90-2 ] in subsection (a), or association, professional society, or organization [other than an accredited institution of higher education, shall] may be approved by the board, provided that the program shall:

(1) Have been registered with the board;

(2) Include the [following] same general subject areas as provided for in subsection (a) or their equivalents[:
(A) Applicable standards of environmental health and safety;

(B) Local health and safety regulations;

(C) General administration;

(D) Psychology of patient care;

(E) Principles of medical care;

(F) Personal and social care:

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

(H) Departmental organization and management; and

(I) Community interrelationships]; and

(3) Together with the faculty assignments, be submitted to the board for approval no later than sixty days prior to anticipated registration of students.

(c) Upon completion of [an approved] a board-approved program of study, the sponsor or sponsors of the program shall issue a certificate of satisfactory completion or other written evidence of attendance satisfactory to the board.

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