20:49:04:01.  Requirements for initial licensure. To obtain licensure as a nursing facility administrator, an applicant must submit the following to the Board of Nursing Facility Administrators:

    (1)  A completed application form and a nonrefundable fee of three hundred ninety dollars, which shall be annually prorated based on application date and the biennial license renewal date;

    (2)  Certified transcripts verifying completion of at least an associate's degree;

    (3)  Verification of:

        (a)  Completion of an administrator-in-training program within four years preceding the date of application; or

        (b)  Completion of a practicum in long term healthcare administration from a higher education institution accredited by an organization recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation within four years preceding the date of application;

    (4)  A copy of the applicant's driver license or equivalent birth verification;

    (5)  Three letters of recommendation from professional references not related to the applicant by kinship or marriage;

    (6)  Verification of passage, within four years preceding the date of application, of the Nursing Home Administrators Licensing Examination or the Core of Knowledge Examination for Long Term Care Administrators and the Nursing Home Administrators Line of Service Examination administered by the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards; and

    (7)  Verification of passage of the state examination approved by the board covering the rules of the Department of Health that govern nursing facilities within four years preceding the date of application.

    Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 2 SDR 86, effective June 27, 1976; 6 SDR 66, effective January 9, 1980; 8 SDR 24, effective September 16, 1981; 8 SDR 166, effective June 15, 1982; 9 SDR 108, effective February 21, 1983; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; 17 SDR 171, effective May 16, 1991; 22 SDR 74, effective November 27, 1995; 27 SDR 61, effective December 24, 2000; 36 SDR 27, effective August 25, 2009; SL 2014, ch 186, § 35, effective July 1, 2014; 46 SDR 75, effective December 4, 2019; 50 SDR 71, effective December 18, 2023.

    General Authority: SDCL 36-28-9, 36-28-10, 36-28-11, 36-28-12, 36-28-15.

    Law Implemented: SDCL 36-28-9, 36-28-10, 36-28-11, 36-28-12.