155.3 - QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSURE.
155.3 QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSURE.
The board shall have authority to issue licenses to qualified
persons as nursing home administrators, and shall establish
qualification criteria for such nursing home administrators. No
license shall be issued to a person as a nursing home administrator
unless:
1. The applicant is of sound mental health and physically able to
perform the duties.
2. The applicant has satisfactorily completed a course of
instruction and training prescribed by the board, which course shall
be so designed as to content and so administered as to present
sufficient knowledge of the needs properly to be served by nursing
homes; knowledge of the laws governing the operation of nursing homes
and the protection of the interests of patients therein; and
knowledge of the elements of good nursing home administration; or has
presented evidence satisfactory to the board of sufficient education,
training, or experience in the foregoing fields to administer,
supervise, and manage a nursing home.
3. The applicant has passed an examination administered by the
board and designed to test for competence in the subject matter
referred to in subsection 2 of this section. Section History: Early Form
[C71, 73, 75, § 147.120; C77, 79, 81, § 135E.3] Section History: Recent Form
C93, § 155.3