North Dakota Administrative Code
Title 55 - Nursing Home Administrators, Board of Examiners for
Article 55-02 - Nursing Home Administrator Licensure
Chapter 55-02-01 - General Provisions
Section 55-02-01-07 - Requirements for initial licensure

1. The person is at least eighteen years of age and of good moral character.

2. The person has a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, or has an associate degree from an accredited college or university and has practiced as a licensed nursing home administrator in any jurisdiction for at least five of the last six years.

3. The person has completed one thousand hours of a board-approved administrator-in-training program, practiced as a licensed nursing home administrator in any jurisdiction for at least two years preceding the application, is certified by the American college of health care administrators as a nursing home administrator, or has met the qualifications for the health services executive license as established by the national association of long term care administrator boards, which are in effect on January 1, 2017.

4. If the person has not been licensed in another state and has not been practicing as an administrator of record in another state for five of the last six years, the person must pass the examinations required by section 55-02-01-10 within twenty-four months before or after the date the person applies for initial licensure.