South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 93 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION - SOUTH CAROLINA BOARD OF LONG TERM HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATORS
Section 93-150 - Inactive or Retired Status Licenses
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 12, December 22, 2023
A. The board may consider a request from a licensee to have his or her license placed in inactive or retired status.
B. To qualify for inactive or retired license status, the licensee must affirm that he or she is not employed as the administrator in a nursing home or a community residential care facility in the State.
C. An application for inactive or retired status shall be submitted to the board with the fee for inactive or retired status renewal on or before the expiration date of the license.
D. In order to qualify for retired status the applicant must have attained the age of sixty-five (65) years or at least twenty (20) years of licensure and must affirm that he or she is not employed as the administrator in a nursing home or a community residential care facility in the State.
E. In order to reactivate an inactive license, an applicant must submit an application on a form approved by the board, along with the required fee, and proof of the annual continuing educational requirements for each year that the license was inactive. In order to reactivate a retired license, an applicant for reactivation must submit an application on a form approved by the board, along with the required fee, and proof of six (6) hours of continuing education during the previous twelve (12) months. The applicant must provide proof of an additional fourteen (14) hours of continuing education within 90 days of the license being reactivated or the license will automatically be replaced in the retired status and the licensee must immediately cease and desist any work in a nursing home or community residential care facility in the State.
F. If the applicant has been retired for five (5) years or more, the board may require the applicant to pass an examination approved by the board in lieu of or in addition to completing the required continuing education.
Added by State Register Volume 7, Issue No. 4, eff April 22, 1983. Amended by State Register Volume 17, Issue No. 6, eff June 25, 1993; State Register Volume 23, Issue No. 5, eff May 28, 1999; State Register Volume 28, Issue No. 4, eff April 23, 2004; State Register Volume 29, Issue No. 5, eff May 27, 2005; State Register Volume 40, Issue No. 04, eff. 4/22/2016; State Register Volume 47, Issue No. 05, eff. 5/26/2023.
