Terms used in this chapter mean:

(1) “Board,” the South Dakota Board of Nursing Facility Administrators;

(2) “Nursing facility,” any institution or facility defined as such for licensing purposes under South Dakota law or pursuant to the rules for nursing facilities and homes for the aged by the State Department of Health, whether proprietary or nonprofit, including nursing facilities owned or administered by the federal or state government or an agency or political subdivision thereof;

(3) “Nursing facility administrator,” a person who administers, manages, supervises, or is in general administrative charge of a nursing facility, whether the individual has an ownership interest in such facility and whether the function and duties are shared with one or more individuals. However, no person serving as a member of a nursing facility’s board of directors is a nursing facility administrator unless the person is also serving in the requisite administration capacity as here defined; and

(4) “Administrator-in-training program,” an internship completed under the supervision of a preceptor that meets the requirements established by the board pursuant to chapter 1-26.

Source: SL 1969, ch 113, § 1; SDCL Supp, § 34-12A-1; SL 2014, ch 186, § 1.