Georgia Code § 43-27-6 - License Requirement for Nursing Home Administrators; Qualifications

(a) No person shall serve as a nursing home administrator until first obtaining a license from the board.

(b) The board shall issue licenses as nursing home administrators only to persons who:

(1) Are at least 21 years of age;

(2) Are of reputable and responsible character;

(3) Reserved;

(4) Meet the standards and the criteria established by the board to evidence the applicant's qualifications by training and experience to operate a nursing home, provided that two years of experience working in 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

(5) Satisfactorily pass a written or oral examination, or both, approved by the board to determine the qualifications of the applicant to operate a nursing home.

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