Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment allows the Missouri Board of
Nursing Home Administrators to notify its licensees of renewals and for
licensees to renew their licenses by electronic means according to the
provisions of section
344.040,
RSMo, and allows licensees to carry over continuing education hours from one
(1) licensure period to another.
(1) By April 1 of each year, the board shall
notify by mail or electronic communication every person whose license is due to
be renewed by June 30 during the current year.
(2) Licenses will be renewed if the licensee-
(A) Files an application for renewal on the
appropriate licensure-level (nursing home administrator or residential care and
assisted living administrator) form furnished by the board or renews through
the board's electronic online system on or before May 30 to ensure receipt of a
new license prior to June 30. The application forms, MO 580-2991 (03-11),
Application for License Renewal NHA, and MO 580-2988 (03-11), Application for
License Renewal RCAL, are incorporated by reference in this rule and are
available on the web at www.health.mo.gov/information/boards/bnha or by
contacting the board at PO Box 570, Jefferson City, MO 65102, (573) 751-3511.
This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions.
Information provided in the application shall include an attestation verifying
that the licensee has completed at least forty (40) clock hours of
board-approved continuing education, as outlined in 19 CSR 73-2.050(3). Any
number of continuing education hours earned in the month of June in excess of
the required hours may be carried over to the next renewal period.
1. Licensees shall maintain proof of having
completed the number of continuing education hours claimed at the time of
renewal.
2. Upon request of the
board, make that proof available for audit to verify completion of the number
and validity of hours claimed;
(B) Submit the renewal fee referenced in
19 CSR
73-2.015; and
(C) A two (2)-year license shall be
issued.
(3) Licensees
[must] shall maintain proof of having completed the number of continuing
education hours claimed at the time of renewal and shall, upon request of the
board, make that proof available for audit to verify completion of the number
and validity of hours claimed. Documentation to prove completion of continuing
education hours shall be maintained by each licensee for four (4) years from
the last day of the licensure year in which the hours were earned.
(A) A minimum of ten (10) clock hours shall
be in patient care related offerings, as defined in
19 CSR
73-2.031(2)(A)-(F). A maximum of
twenty (20) clock hours of the forty (40) clock hours may be from on-line
continuing education programs if a Missouri board-approved training agency
offers the program or approved by the National Continuing Education Review
Service (NCERS) under the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator
Boards (NAB). The continuing education programs and the academic courses shall
meet the following criteria:
1. Be approved by
the board. In the case of academic courses, the licensee shall submit a course
description from the college for board review. A maximum of five (5) clock
hours per semester hour may be approved by the board. Upon successful
completion of the course (grade of "C" or above), an official transcript or
grade report shall be submitted to the board office, upon request, as
verification of course completion;
2. Be offered by a registered training agency
approved by the board or a single offering provider (as outlined in
19 CSR
73-2.060);
3. Be approved by another state licensure
board for long-term care administrators or by the National Continuing Education
Review Service (NCERS) under the National Association of Long Term Care
Administrator Boards (NAB).
(B) A maximum of ten (10) clock hours toward
the forty (40) required may be obtained as follows:
1. For the purposes of this subsection, the
following definitions shall apply:
A.
Referred publication-a publication that undergoes an anonymous review process
that determines whether or not the article will be published; and
B. National health-care publication-a
publication that is-
(I) Published by a
health-care association whose mission statement/bylaws indicate its scope is
national;
(II) Mailed nationwide;
and
(III) Addressing content
contained within the long-term care core of knowledge outlined in
19 CSR
73-2.031(2)(A)-(K);
2. Publishing
health-care related articles of at least fifteen hundred (1,500) words shall be
granted one (1) clock hour if article is published in a magazine or journal
publication; and
3. An
administrator lecturing at a board-approved seminar may receive credit equal to
each hour or quarter hour of presentation time with a maximum of six (6) hours
credit earned per licensure period. This credit may be in addition to actual
hours of attendance at the seminar but credit shall be granted for only one (1)
presentation of the same seminar.
(C) Serving as a registered preceptor for an
applicant who has been required by the board to complete an internship as
described in 19 CSR 73-2.031. One (1) clock
hour per full month as a preceptor shall be granted with a maximum of ten (10)
clock hours per internship. During the two (2)-year licensure period, a maximum
of twenty (20) clock hours shall be granted.
(D) Each licensee whose initial licensure
period is less than twenty-four (24) months shall be required to obtain at
least one and one-half (1 1/2) hours of continuing education for each month in
the initial licensure period which shall include programs covering patient-care
related topics as defined in
19 CSR
73-2.031(2)(A)-(F). The licensee may
complete up to fifty percent (50%) of the prorated hours through on-line
continuing education programs. The minimum number of clock hours required in
patient-care (PC) related programs is as follows. Initial licensure period of-
1. 23 months to 18 months-8 PC clock
hours
2. 17 months to 12 months-6
PC clock hours
3. 11 months to 6
months-4 PC clock hours
4. 5 months
or less-2 PC clock hours.
(4) The board shall annually select on a
random basis at least five percent (5%) of the licensees applying for renewal
to have their claims of continuing education hours audited for compliance with
board requirements. A licensee will be notified by mail when a renewal
application has been selected for audit and will have up to thirty (30) days to
provide copies of all certificates of attendance and other documentation
supporting the continuing education clock hours claimed on the renewal
application. Nothing in this section shall prevent the board from requiring any
individual licensee to provide evidence satisfactory to the board of having
completed the continuing education hours required for license renewal. Failure
to provide proof of continuing education hours as reported on the renewal
application or submission of falsified records can be cause for discipline
pursuant to section 344.050.2, RSMo.
(5) When the required information,
documentation, and fee are received and approved by the board within the
specified time period, the board shall issue the license.
*Original authority: 344.040, RSMo 1969, amended 1979,
1987, 1989, 2000, 2005, 2007; and 344.070, RSMo 1969, amended 1979, 1993, 1995,
2007.
