Current through September 17, 2024
If applicable, applicants must complete the following core
educational requirements either through a college or university or as
continuing education
007.01
PATIENT CARE AND SERVICES. Coursework may include one
of the following:
(A) Aging;
(B) Ancillary health services;
(C) Developmental disabilities;
(D) Disease process;
(E) End of life care;
(F) Environmental health and
safety;
(G) Food
management;
(H) Geriatrics or
gerontology;
(I) Health care
delivery systems;
(J) Medical
terminology;
(K) Nursing;
(L) Nutrition;
(M) Pharmacology;
(N) Therapeutic recreation; or
(O) Similar coursework to those listed
above.
007.02
SOCIAL SERVICES. Coursework may include one of the
following:
(A) Case management;
(B) Death and dying;
(C) Developments in aging;
(D) Mental health;
(E) Psychology relating to aging;
(F) Social gerontology, such as theories of
aging, social aspects of aging, multi-cultural issues;
(G) Social services, including Medicaid or
Medicare;
(H) Social
work;
(I) Sociology;
(J) Spirituality, human development, or
lifespan;
(K) Therapeutic
recreation; or
(L) Similar
coursework to those listed above.
007.03
FINANCIAL
MANAGEMENT. Coursework may include one of the following:
(A) Accounting, such as payroll, taxes, or
general ledger;
(B) Business
management;
(C) Financial
planning;
(D) Health care
finance;
(E) Management;
(F) Office management or statistics;
or
(G) Similar course work to those
listed above.
007.04
ADMINISTRATION, LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT. Coursework
may include one of the following:
(A)
Communication skills;
(B) Health
care information technology;
(C)
Law courses, such as public administration or business law;
(D) Leadership skills;
(E) Legal aspects of aging;
(F) Marketing or public relations;
(G) Management or organizational theory;
(H) Organizational
analysis;
(I) Organizational
development;
(J) Personnel, human
resources, or labor relations;
(K)
Purchasing or inventory control;
(L) Quality management / quality
improvement;
(M) Strategic or
financial planning; or
(N) Similar
coursework to those listed above.
007.05
RULES, REGULATIONS, AND
ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS RELATING TO THE OPERATION OF A HEALTH CARE
FACILITY. Coursework may include one of the following:
(A) Ethics;
(B) Health care regulations;
(C) Labor laws;
(D) Law;
(E) Life or safety code;
(F) National fire protection association and
fire safety evaluation system;
(G)
Nursing home administrator regulations;
(H) Nursing facility standards;
(I) Occupational safety and health
administration; or
(J) Similar
coursework to those listed above.
007.06
CORE EDUCATIONAL
HOURS. Hours are calculated as follows:
(A) 1 semester hour equals 1 coursework
hour;
(B)1.5 quarter hour equals 1
coursework hour; and
(C) 10
continuing education hours equals 1 coursework hour.
