Terms Used In Missouri Laws 344.100

  • Board: the Missouri board of nursing home administrators. See Missouri Laws 344.010
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Nursing home: any institution or facility defined as an assisted living facility, residential care facility, intermediate care facility, or skilled nursing facility for licensing purposes by section 198. See Missouri Laws 344.010
  • Nursing home administrator: a person who administers, manages, supervises, or is in general administrative charge of a nursing home, whether such individual has an ownership interest in the home, and whether his functions and duties are shared with one or more individuals. See Missouri Laws 344.010
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020

Any person who acts or serves in the capacity of a nursing home administrator without being properly licensed by the Missouri board of nursing home administrators as provided in sections 344.010 to 344.100 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided by law. The board shall immediately notify the licensing authority for nursing homes whenever a proceeding has been initiated to suspend or revoke the license of a nursing home administrator and whenever the license of a nursing home administrator is suspended, revoked, or not renewed.