(A) Subject to section 4751.32 of the Revised Code, the board of executives of long-term services and supports may issue a nursing home administrator license to an individual under this section if all of the following requirements are satisfied:

(1) The individual is legally authorized to practice nursing home administration in another state.

(2) The individual has submitted to the board a completed application for the license in accordance with rules adopted under section 4751.04 of the Revised Code.

(3) The individual is at least twenty-one years of age.

(4) The individual holds at least a bachelor’s degree from an accredited educational institution.

(5) The individual is of good moral character.

(6) The individual has complied with section 4776.02 of the Revised Code regarding a criminal records check.

(7) The board, in its discretion, has determined that the results of the criminal records check do not make the individual ineligible for the license.

(8) The individual has passed the licensing examination administered under section 4751.15 of the Revised Code.

(9) The individual has paid to the board a license fee of two hundred fifty dollars.

(10) The individual has satisfied any additional requirements as may be prescribed in rules adopted under section 4751.04 of the Revised Code.

(B) A nursing home administrator license shall certify that the individual to whom it was issued has met the applicable requirements of this chapter and any applicable rules adopted under section 4751.04 of the Revised Code and is authorized to practice nursing home administration while the license is valid.