<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>p.s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bP0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 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class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0"> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">To obtain</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0"> reciprocal licensure as a nursing facility administrator</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">, an applicant must</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0"> submit the following</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0"> to the Board of Nursing Facility Administrators</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">    (1)  A completed application form and a nonrefundable fee of </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">three hundred ninety dollars</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">    (2)  Certified transcripts verifying completion of at least an associate</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">'s</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0"> degree;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">    (3)  Verification of completion of:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">        (a)  An administrator-in-training program within four years preceding the date of application;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">        (b)  A practicum in long term care 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; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">        (c)  Six consecutive months of service as an administrator of a licensed nursing facility within four years preceding the date of application;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">    (4)  A copy of the applicant's driver license or equivalent birth verification;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">    (5)  Three letters of recommendation from professional references not related to the applicant by kinship or marriage;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">    (6)  Verification of passage of the Nursing Home Administrators Licensing Examination</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0"> or the Core of Knowledge Examination for Long Term Care Administrators and the Nursing Home Administrators Line of Service Examination</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0"> administered by the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">    (7)  Verification of passage of the state examination provided by the board covering the rules of the Department of Health that govern nursing facilities within four years preceding the date of application; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">    (8)  A certified letter verifying the nursing facility administrator license, or equivalent license, and status of </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">t</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">h</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">e</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0"> license from the board in each state or other political subdivision of the United States in which the applicant is or has been licensed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">If an applicant for reciprocal licensure has had action taken against a license as a nursing facility administrator, or equivalent license, the </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">board may deny a license to the </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">applicant.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0-000001">Source:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0"> 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; 22 SDR 74, effective November 27, 1995; 24 SDR 21, effective August 24, 1997; 27 SDR 61, effective December 24, 2000; 36 SDR 27, effective August 25, 2009; SL 2014, ch 186, §</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0"> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">40, effective July 1, 2014; 46 SDR 75, effective December 4, 2019</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">; 50 SDR 71, effective December 18, 2023</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-28-9"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0-000003">36-28-9</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-28-10"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0-000003">36-28-10</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-28-11"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0-000003">36-28-11</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-28-12"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0-000003">36-28-12</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-28-14"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0-000003">36-28-14</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-28-9"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0-000003">36-28-9</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-28-10"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0-000003">36-28-10</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-28-11"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0-000003">36-28-11</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-28-12"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0-000003">36-28-12</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-28-14"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0-000003">36-28-14</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0-000001">Cross-Reference:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0"> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">Nursing</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0"> facilities, art</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">icle</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0"> </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:73"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0-000003">44:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0-000003">73</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864bP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s212d17a7-873a-4c6e-a11b-9e4eaefc864b000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>