GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 72

HOUSE BILL 211

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATOR ACT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 90-286 is rewritten to read:

"§ 90-286.  Renewal of license. - Every holder of a nursing home administrator's license shall renew it biennially by application to the Board. The Board shall grant renewals when the applicant has paid the fee required by this Article and has satisfactorily completed continuing education courses as may be prescribed by the Board, unless the Board finds that the applicant has acted or failed to act in such a manner as would constitute grounds for suspension, revocation or denial of a license as provided by this Article. The Board shall adopt rules defining the content of continuing education courses approved or required by it under this section and shall make a copy of these rules available to each licensee. The Board shall not require any licensee to successfully complete more than 30 hours of continuing education courses every two years. The Board shall certify and administer continuing education courses for nursing home administrators and shall keep a record of the courses successfully completed by each licensee."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1983.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of March, 1983.