2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 71-6067 — Board; duties.

Section 71-6067
Board; duties.

The board shall:

(1) Develop, impose, and enforce standards which shall be met by individuals in order to receive a license, which standards shall be designed to insure that such 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 administrators;

(2) Develop and apply appropriate techniques, including examinations, for determining whether an individual meets such standards;

(3) Issue licenses to individuals determined, after the application of such techniques, to meet such standards and recommend to revoke or suspend licenses previously issued by the board in any case in which the individual holding any such license failed to conform to such standards;

(4) Establish and carry out procedures designed to insure that individuals licensed as administrators will, during any period that they serve as such, comply with the requirements of such standards;

(5) Adopt and promulgate rules and regulations governing continuing competency requirements and renewal and reinstatement procedures for licensure. Continuing education is sufficient to meet continuing competency requirements. Continuing competency requirements established by the board may also include, but not be limited to, one or more of the continuing competency activities listed in section 71-161.09 which a licensed individual may select as an alternative to continuing education;

(6) Adopt and promulgate rules and regulations governing administrator-in-training and mentoring programs, including, but not limited to, matters such as (a) qualifications for administrators-in-training and persons in mentoring programs, (b) qualifications and evaluation standards for certified preceptors, (c) methods of instruction and supervision, (d) methods of documentation, and (e) reporting requirements;

(7) Conduct a continuing study and investigation of homes for the aged or infirm and nursing homes and administrators of such facilities within the state with a view to the improvement of the standards imposed for the licensing of such administrators and of procedures and methods for the enforcement of such standards; and

(8) Conduct or cause to be conducted by making use of the resources available one or more courses of instruction and training sufficient to meet the requirements of sections 71-6053 to 71-6068 and make provisions for such courses and their accessibility to residents of this state unless it finds that there are a sufficient number of approved courses which are taught by others in this state. In lieu thereof, the board may approve courses taught in and outside this state as sufficient to meet the education and training requirements of such sections. For purposes of this subdivision, the board shall have the authority to receive and disburse federal funds received pursuant to section 1908(e)(1) of the federal Social Security Act, as amended.

Source:

Laws 1969, c. 559, § 2, p. 2275

Laws 1972, LB 1040, § 2

Laws 1980, LB 686, § 2

Laws 1986, LB 921, § 9

Laws 1988, LB 693, § 9

R.S.Supp.,1988, § 71-2042

Laws 1992, LB 1019, § 90

Laws 1999, LB 411, § 10

Laws 2002, LB 1021, § 94

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska