2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 71-6053 — Terms, defined.

Section 71-6053
Terms, defined.

For the purpose of sections 71-6053 to 71-6068, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) Accredited institution means a postsecondary educational institution approved by the board;

(2) Active license means a license issued by the board to an administrator who meets the continuing competency requirements and who submits the required fee;

(3) Administrator or nursing home administrator means any individual who meets the education and training requirements of section 71-6054 and is responsible for planning, organizing, directing, and controlling the operation of a home for the aged or infirm, a nursing home, or an integrated system or who in fact performs such functions, whether or not such functions are shared by one or more other persons. Notwithstanding this subdivision or any other provision of law, the administrator of an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded may be either a licensed nursing home administrator or a qualified mental retardation professional;

(4) Administrator-in-training means a person who is undergoing training to become a nursing home administrator and is directly supervised in a home for the aged or infirm or nursing home by a certified preceptor;

(5) Board means the Board of Examiners in Nursing Home Administration;

(6) Certified preceptor means a person who is currently licensed by the State of Nebraska as a nursing home administrator, has three years of experience as a nursing home administrator, has practiced within the last two years in a home for the aged or infirm or a nursing home, and is approved by the board to supervise an administrator-in-training or a person in a mentoring program;

(7) Core educational requirements means courses necessary for licensure as a nursing home administrator and includes courses in patient care and services, social services, financial management, administration, and rules, regulations, and standards relating to the operation of a health care facility;

(8) Degree or advanced degree means a baccalaureate, master's, or doctorate degree from an accredited institution and which includes studies in the core educational requirements;

(9) Degree or advanced degree in health care means a baccalaureate, master's, or doctorate degree from an accredited institution in health care, health care administration, or services;

(10) Department means the Department of Health and Human Services Regulation and Licensure;

(11) Home for the aged or infirm or nursing home means any institution or facility licensed as a nursing facility or a skilled nursing facility by the department pursuant to the Health Care Facility Licensure Act, whether proprietary or nonprofit, including, but not limited to, homes for the aged or infirm owned or administered by the federal or state government or an agency or political subdivision thereof;

(12) Integrated system means a health and human services organization offering different levels of licensed care or treatment on the same premises;

(13) Internship means that aspect of the educational program of the associate degree in long-term care administration which allows for practical experience in a home for the aged or infirm or nursing home and occurs under the supervision of a certified preceptor;

(14) License means permission to engage in nursing home administration which would otherwise be unlawful in this state in the absence of such permission and which is granted to individuals who meet prerequisites and qualifications that allow them to perform nursing home administration tasks and use the title nursing home administrator;

(15) Nursing degree means a degree or diploma in nursing from an accredited program of nursing approved by the Board of Nursing;

(16) Previous work experience means at least two years working full time in a nursing home or home for the aged or infirm or previous work experience in health care administration; and

(17) Previous work experience in health care administration means at least two years working full time as an administrator or director of nursing of a hospital with a long-term care unit or assisted-living facility or director of nursing in a nursing home or home for the aged or infirm.

Source:

Laws 1972, LB 1040, § 1

Laws 1980, LB 686, § 1

Laws 1986, LB 921, § 8

Laws 1988, LB 693, § 2

Laws 1988, LB 1100, § 115

R.S.Supp.,1988, § 71-2041.01

Laws 1992, LB 1019, § 82

Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 754

Laws 1999, LB 411, § 1

Laws 2000, LB 819, § 135

Laws 2002, LB 1021, § 91

Laws 2002, LB 1062, § 55

Laws 2003, LB 242, § 132

Cross References:

Health Care Facility Licensure Act,see section 71-401.

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska