Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) As required in rule
4751-1-10 of the Administrative
Code, nursing home administrators shall complete a minimum of
forty
clock hours of approved continuing education
biennially in the
twenty-seven- month period preceding renewal of the
registration of the nursing home administrator license.
(1) An unlimited number of hours of
continuing education may be completed from in
person courses which are NAB and BELTSS
approved
.
(2) The board, in its sole discretion, shall
determine the number of hours of self-study instruction which shall qualify to
fulfill an administrator's
biennial requirement for continuing education. As
used in this paragraph, "self-study instruction" means any course of
instruction provided through online, self-study, live or recorded webinars, or
other learning that is not provided in a classroom setting. Self-study courses
are identified by a BELTSS approval number with an "SS" in the middle.
There is no limit on the amount of self-study/distance
learning/webinar hours that may be submitted each renewal period.
(3) The board will only accept twelve
continuing education credits earned by a licensed nursing home administrator in
one calendar day in alignment with NAB standards.
(4) Administrators shall be required to take
one continuing education course dealing with ethics/professional standards of
practice each renewal period.
(5)
In the case of the COVID pandemic and board action declaring it necessary,
the continuing education requirement may be waived
entirely, by board action.
(6)
NAB-approved courses are identified with an "in" or a "dl." An "in" means the
continuing education occurred in an "in-person" or classroom setting. A "dl"
means the continuing education is a self-study, webinar, or "distance
learning."
(7) In the case of both
NAB and BELTSS approval for a course, the BELTSS approval is primary for
purposes of determining status (self-study, etc.) and the number of continuing
education credits accepted by the board.
(8) Teaching any course for approved
continuing education, the core of knowledge, or a college course may also be
used to meet the continuing education requirement. A college course must be
taught at an accredited college or university and must apply to the practice of
nursing home administration, as defined in rule
4751-1-02 of the Administrative
Code. A letter or brochure from the course provider, or a letter from a
university official, is required as poof of teaching the course.
(9) Continuing education hours may be granted
for successfully serving as a preceptor to an administrator-in-training. The
licensed nursing home administrator may earn six continuing education hours for
precepting upon the AIT's successful completion of the program and must serve
as the preceptor for the entire internship period to qualify.
(10) A preceptor who precepts an
administrator-in-training for half or more of the required number of program
hours shall be eligible to receive three hours of continuing education
credit.
(11) The preceptor may use
the continuing education credits for the current renewal
period only, following the
completion date of the administratorin-training's program. Only
twelve
precepting credits may be earned and used on each
biennial
renewal. Precepting credit hours are considered in-person hours.
(12) Credits shall be reported in the renewal
system with the administrator-intraining agreement and a statement from the
administrator serving as proof of successfully completing the precepting period
or a confirming letter from the university for direct college
students.
(B) Continuing
education credit prior to the last quarter of the previous registration
anniversary year may not be accumulated from
renewal to
renewal.
(C) Continuing education courses may not be
"split" between renewal periods. All the
hours granted for a course must be used on the same renewal.
(D) Certificates of
attendance at continuing education courses must be submitted by the nursing home
administrator and be attached to the application for
biennial
renewal of registration. An exact copy of the certificate
is acceptable. No
documents will be returned. Online renewals require documents to be uploaded
with the courses being declared.
(E) The board shall not
accept continuing education credits toward the completion of a course or
program that is not NAB-approved or BELTSS-approved, except that if an Ohio
licensee lives in and/or practices in another state, the licensee may use that
state's board-approved or state-healthcare-association-approved continuing
education for license renewal.
(F) The board requires
that participants receive only full credit for attending a program. Partial
credit may not be given to those attending only part of a program. If the
provider grants credit for individual sessions as part of a larger conference
or convention, the board shall accept these credits.
(G) College courses may
be used to meet the continuing education requirement provided that all the
following conditions are met:
(1) The course
was taken at an accredited college or university, as defined in rule
4751-1-02 of the Administrative
Code.
(2)
The course must be approved by the executive director for
relevance to the practice of nursing home administration.
(3)
The course relates to the practice of nursing home administration.
(4) A
grade of "C" or better was earned for the course.
(5) An official
transcript is sent to the board directly from the college or
university.
(6) A syllabus is
provided along with the renewal application.
(7) The CE conversion
rate is ten continuing education hours for every one hour of quarter credit and
fifteen continuing education hours for every one hour of semester
credit.
(H) The board, in its
own discretion, may waive or extend the continuing education requirement upon
application for good cause. The board's determination to waive or extend the
continuing education requirement is final.
