20:49:05:01.  Emergency permit. To meet the needs of a nursing facility that has a vacancy in the administrator's position, the Board of Nursing Facility Administrators may issue to an individual an emergency permit to practice as a nursing facility administrator for not more than one hundred eighty days, subject to the following:

    (1)  A person of authority from the facility with the vacancy submits an application to the board, accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of two hundred sixty dollars;

    (2)  The emergency administrator provides services under the supervision of a preceptor;

    (3)  The preceptor provides appropriate supervision and is reasonably available to the emergency administrator to provide assistance; and

    (4)  The preceptor observes the emergency administrator at least two days per month in the facility in which the emergency administrator is serving and keeps a written summary of what was accomplished or discussed at each visit. The emergency administrator and the preceptor shall maintain a copy of the dated summary for one year following the date of expiration of the emergency permit.

    A preceptor may only be held responsible for the acts of the emergency administrator operating under the preceptor's supervision if the preceptor does not fulfill the requirements of this section.

    Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 2 SDR 86, effective June 27, 1976; 6 SDR 66, effective January 9, 1980; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; 13 SDR 90, effective January 22, 1987; 17 SDR 171, effective May 16, 1991; 18 SDR 86, effective November 17, 1991; 22 SDR 74, effective November 27, 1995; 36 SDR 27, effective August 25, 2009; SL 2014, ch 186, § 39, effective July 1, 2014; 50 SDR 71, effective December 18, 2023.

    General Authority: SDCL 36-28-13.

    Law Implemented: SDCL 36-28-13.