(1) File an administrator in training application with the board and be approved by the board before starting an internship program.

(3) Observe and become familiar with the responsibilities and duties of the preceptor or approved training center and administrator in training.

(4) Be assigned responsibilities in each health facility department, with experience on every shift, including weekends.

(5) Serve as an administrator in training for at least twenty (20) hours per week and not more than ten (10) hours per day.

(6) Complete the internship program in not less than three (3) months and not more than twelve (12) months for a minimum total of hours as follows:

(A) An administrator in training who:

(i) holds an associate degree, bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, or doctoral degree; and

(ii) has at least two (2) years of long term care experience;

shall complete a total of six hundred eighty (680) hours of training, of which two hundred (200) hours may be fulfilled by successfully completing a two hundred (200) hour state approved, specialized course in long term care management.

(B) An administrator in training who:

(i) holds an associate degree, bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, or doctoral degree; and

(ii) does not have long term care experience;

shall complete a total of eight hundred eighty (880) hours of training, of which two hundred (200) hours may be fulfilled by successfully completing a two hundred (200) hour state approved, specialized course in long term care management.

(C) An administrator in training who holds a high school diploma or general educational development (GED) diploma shall complete a total of one thousand forty (1,040) hours of training, of which two hundred (200) hours may be fulfilled by successfully completing a two hundred (200) hour state approved, specialized course in long term care management.

(7) Seek and accept instruction and assistance from the preceptor or approved training center.

(8) Notify the board on a form prescribed by the board of any change of status or discontinuance of the administrator in training program.

(9) Upon completion of the program, provide to the board an affidavit stating the administrator in training has fulfilled the requirements of the program.

     (b) An administrator in training may not:

(1) have been convicted of a crime that has a direct bearing on the administrator in training’s ability to practice competently in accordance with IC 25-1-21; and

(2) hold a position in the health facility during the hours of the administrator in training program.

     (c) The board may waive up to thirty percent (30%) of the total required training hours for an administrator in training described in subsection (a)(6)(C) if:

(1) the administrator in training has served in a long term care facility department manager position, based upon criteria approved by the board; and

(2) the administrator in training’s experience described in subdivision (1) is verifiable to the board’s satisfaction.

     (d) Except as provided in subsection (e), an administrator in training may serve up to twenty percent (20%) of the internship in a setting other than the preceptor’s facility.

     (e) An administrator in training in an approved training center may, at the discretion of the approved training center, exceed the twenty percent (20%) limit described in subsection (d).

     (f) The board may take appropriate action for failure of an administrator in training to comply with this section.

As added by P.L.149-2023, SEC.41.