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216A.070 Duties and powers of board.
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The board shall:
(a) Develop, impose, and enforce standards which must be met by individuals in
order to receive a license as a long-term care administrator, which standards
shall be designed to ensure that long-term care administrators will be
individuals who are of good character and are otherwise suitable, and who, by
training or experience in the field of institutional administration, are qualified
to serve as nursing home administrators;
(b) Develop and apply appropriate techniques, including examinations and
investigations, for determining whether an individual meets the standards;
(c) Issue licenses to individuals determined, after application of appropriate
techniques, to meet established standards;
(d) Establish and carry out procedures designed to ensure that individuals licensed
as long-term care administrators will, during any period that they serve as
such, comply with the requirements of the standards;
(e) Receive, investigate, and take appropriate action with respect to any charge or
complaint filed with the board to the effect that any individual licensed as a
nursing home administrator has failed to comply with the requirements of the
standards; and
(f) Apply commensurate disciplinary action, following a hearing pursuant to KRS
Chapter 13B, including permanent license revocation, suspension, or
placement of probationary conditions on the licensee, issuance of a fine not to
exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000) per violation, or admonishing the
licensee.
The board or any committee or member thereof or any hearing officer designated by
the board, acting in an official capacity, shall have the authority to conduct
administrative hearings in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B concerning all
matters within the jurisdiction of the board.
The board shall also have the authority to promulgate administrative regulations
necessary for the proper performance of its duties, and to take other actions
necessary to enable the state to meet the requirements set forth in Section 1908 of
the Social Security Act, the federal rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,
and other pertinent federal authority or amendment thereto.
The board may, when emergency conditions warrant, as determined by the board,
authorize the issuance of a temporary permit to an individual to practice the art of
long-term care administration if it finds the authorization will not endanger the
health and safety of the occupants of the licensed long-term care facility. A
temporary permit shall be valid for a period determined by the board not to exceed
six (6) months and shall not be renewed. The fee for a temporary permit shall be
determined by regulations of the board.
Effective: July 12, 2012
History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 129, sec. 7, effective July 12, 2012; and ch. 158,
sec. 61, effective July 12, 2012. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 318, sec. 120,
effective July 15, 1996. -- Created 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 276, sec. 7.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2012). This statute was amended by 2012
Ky. Acts chs. 129 and 158, which do not appear to be in conflict and have been
codified together.
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