New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 13 - NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATORS
Part 3 - APPLICATION FOR LICENSURE BY EXAMINATION
Section 16.13.3.7 - DEFINITIONS

A. "Application for licensure form" means the application form approved by the board for the candidate to apply for licensure by the board.

B. "Authorization letter" means the letter from the examination service authorizing the eligible candidate to sit for the national examination.

C. "Board approved administrator-in-training program" means an administrator-in-training program approved by the board, NAB or New Mexico health care association (NMHCA).

D. "CBT" refers to computer based test or testing.

E. "CBT fee" refers to the computer based testing fee assessed by the CBT vendor.

F. "CBT vendor" means the contractor who provides scheduling services, testing center facility, and use of computer equipment to candidates eligible to take the national standard licensing exam in computer based format.

G. "Computer based test" means a type of test in computer-based format designed to be administered through the use of a computer as opposed to a written test.

H. "Computer based testing fee" means the fee charged to the candidate by the CBT vendor for scheduling services and for use of the vendor's facility and computer equipment while taking the examination.

I. "Eligibility list" means the candidates listed by the service as eligible to take the examination.

J. "Eligibility period" means the sixty-day period from the date specified on the authorization letter to the eligible candidate.

K. "Examination" means the national licensing examination for licensure as provided by the national association of boards of examiners for long term care administrators (NAB), or its successor.

L. "Examination application form" means NAB's application form for computerized testing, which must be completed on-line through NAB's website.

M. "Examination fee" means the fee for the examination payable to NAB.

N. "NAB" is the acronym for the national association of long term care administrator boards.

O. "National examination agency" means the national association of long term care administrator boards or its successor.

P. "Preceptor" means a licensed nursing home administrator in good standing who gives practical experience to an administrator in training.

Q. "Professional examination service" means national association of long-term care administrator boards contractor for facilitating the development and offering of the examination in computer-based format.

R. "Testing center" means the CBT vendor location(s) where the examination is administered.