1. Any nursing home administrator possessing a current license to practice as a nursing home administrator in this state may place such license on inactive status by filing a written signed request for inactive status with the board, accompanied by evidence satisfactory to the board of completion of ten clock hours of continuing education in the area of patient care and a fee as provided by rule made payable to the department of health and senior services. This request may also be accomplished by signing the request for inactive status that appears on the nursing home administrator’s application for license renewal and returning such application to the board prior to June thirtieth of the year of renewal of the administrator’s active license, accompanied by evidence satisfactory to the board of the completion of ten clock hours of continuing education in the area of patient care and a fee as provided by rule made payable to the department of health and senior services.

2. An individual who requests that his or her license be placed on inactive status shall return all indicia of licensure to the board or submit evidence satisfactory to the board that the license has been lost, stolen, or destroyed.

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 344.108

  • Board: the Missouri board of nursing home administrators. See Missouri Laws 344.010
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Month: means a calendar month, and "year" means a calendar year unless otherwise expressed, and is equivalent to the words year of our Lord. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • 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
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020

3. An inactive license shall expire on June thirtieth of the second year following the year of issuance and every other year thereafter. Licensees seeking to renew shall, during the month of May of the year of renewal, file an application for renewal on forms furnished by the board that include evidence satisfactory to the board of the completion of ten clock hours of continuing education in the area of patient care and shall be accompanied by a renewal fee as provided by rule, payable to the department of health and senior services.

4. A license may be carried in inactive status for up to six years from the date of issuance. If the licensee does not reactivate the license during the six-year period, the license shall expire on the last day of the six-year period.

5. A holder of an inactive license may reactivate the license by submitting a written request to the board, accompanied by evidence satisfactory to the board of the completion or plan for completion of forty clock hours of continuing education and a fee as provided by rule made payable to the department of health and senior services. The forty clock hours of continuing education shall be earned no earlier than six months prior to the request for reactivation and no later than twelve months after the inactive license has been reactivated. If the holder of an inactive license requests reactivation prior to completing the forty clock hours of continuing education, the board shall issue a six-month interim license to the licensee. The interim license shall expire six months from the date of issuance or at such earlier time as the licensee earns the forty clock hours of continuing education and submits evidence satisfactory to the board of completion of the required hours.

6. A request for reactivation of an inactive license shall show, under oath or affirmation of the nursing home administrator, a statement that the nursing home administrator has not practiced during the inactive period and is not presently practicing in this state.

7. No person shall practice as a nursing home administrator or hold himself or herself out as a nursing home administrator in this state while his or her license is inactive.

8. Inactive licensees shall remain subject to discipline for violations of this chapter and the rules promulgated thereunder.

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