2016 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 12 - Professions and Occupations
Health Care
Article 39 - Nursing Home Administrators
§ 12-39-104. Board of examiners of nursing home administrators - creation - subject to termination

(1) (a) The board of examiners of nursing home administrators is hereby created in the division of professions and occupations in the department of regulatory agencies. The board is composed of the following members appointed by the governor:

(I) Three members who are practicing nursing home administrators duly licensed under this article, at least one of whom shall be from nonprofit facility administration.

(II) Repealed.

(III) Three members shall be representative of the public at large; except that upon the expiration of the term of office of the one member of the board representing the public whose term expires on July 1, 2011, the board shall consist of two members representative of the public at large.

(b) No more than three of the members of the board shall be officials or full-time employees of state government or local governments. The term of office for each member of the board shall be four years. No member of the board shall serve more than two consecutive terms. All the members of the board shall be residents of this state.

(2) (a) The governor shall make appointments to the board. In making an appointment to fill a vacancy on the board in the position of, or to fill the remainder of an unexpired term for, a nursing home administrator who is from nonprofit facility administration, as required by subparagraph (I) of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section, if the governor, after a good-faith attempt, is unable to find a nursing home administrator candidate who comes from nonprofit facility administration to fill the vacancy or complete the unexpired term, the governor may appoint any qualified nursing home administrator to complete the unexpired term or fill the vacancy in that board position. If the appointment is to fill a vacancy, the board member may serve the full term and is eligible for appointment for a second term.

(b) The governor may remove any board member for negligence, incompetency, unprofessional conduct, or willful misconduct. Actions constituting neglect of duty include but are not limited to three unexcused absences from scheduled meetings in any one calendar year. The governor shall fill a vacancy in the membership of the board for the remainder of the unexpired term. A member who is a practicing nursing home administrator or long-term care professional shall serve for a full term only if, during such term, such member is actively employed as a practicing member of his or her profession without a lapse of employment greater than one hundred twenty days.

(3) The board shall elect annually from its membership a chair and vice-chair. The board shall hold two or more meetings each year. At any meeting a majority shall constitute a quorum.

(4) The board shall exercise its powers and perform its duties and functions specified by this article under the department of regulatory agencies and the executive director thereof and the division of professions and occupations as if the same were transferred to the department by a type 1 transfer, as such transfer is defined in the "Administrative Organization Act of 1968", article 1 of title 24, C.R.S.

(5) The director of the division of professions and occupations in the department of regulatory agencies may appoint, subject to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution, a program director to the board. The program director shall not be a member of the board, but shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as are prescribed by law and the rules of the board. Additional staff may be appointed by the director of the division of professions and occupations to adequately assist the board and the program director in keeping records and in the performance of their duties. These employees, if any, shall be appointed and serve in accordance with section 13 of article XII of the state constitution.

(6) The provisions of section 24-34-104, C.R.S., concerning the termination schedule for regulatory bodies of the state unless extended as provided in that section, are applicable to the board of examiners of nursing home administrators created by this section.

(7) Repealed.