§ 43-27-6. License Requirement for Administrators; Qualifications

1. 1. Prior to July 1, 2021, no person shall serve as a nursing home administrator until first obtaining a license from the board.
   2. On and after July 1, 2021, no person shall serve as an administrator of a long-term care facility until first obtaining a license from the board; provided, however, that an individual hired as an administrator of a long-term care facility shall have 60 days from the date of hire to obtain such licensure.
2. The board shall issue licenses as administrators only to persons who:
   1. Are at least 21 years of age;
   2. Are of reputable and responsible character;
   3. Meet the standards and the criteria established by the board to evidence the applicant’s qualifications by training and experience to operate a personal care home, an assisted living community, or a nursing home, provided that two years of experience working in a personal care home, an assisted living community, or a nursing home shall be equivalent to one year of any academic education and training requirements established by the board; and such experience may be substituted without limitation for such education and training requirements; and
   4. Satisfactorily pass a written or oral examination, or both, approved by the board to determine the applicable qualifications of the applicant to operate a personal care home, an assisted living community, or a nursing home.

History. Ga. L. 1968, p. 1143, § 3; Ga. L. 1970, p. 573, § 3; Ga. L. 1980, p. 536, § 2; Ga. L. 1986, p. 846, § 5; Ga. L. 2020, p. 95, § 9/HB 987.

The 2020 amendment, effective June 30, 2020, designated the existing provisions of subsection (a) as paragraph (a)(1); substituted “Prior to July 1, 2021, no” for “No” at the beginning of paragraph (a)(1); added paragraph (a)(2); deleted “nursing home” preceding “administrators” in the introductory text of subsection (b); deleted former paragraph (b)(3), which read: “Reserved;”; redesignated former paragraphs (b)(4) and (b)(5) as present paragraphs (b)(3) and (b)(4), respectively; inserted “personal care home, an assisted living community, or a” twice in paragraph (b)(3) and near the end of paragraph (b)(4); and inserted “applicable” in paragraph (b)(4).