Things to Know to Become a Certified Assisted Living Administrator

§ 90-288.14.  Assisted living administrator certification. 

The Department shall certify as an assisted living administrator any applicant who meets all of the following qualifications:

(1) Is at least 21 years old.
(2) Provides a satisfactory criminal background report from the State Repository of Criminal Histories, which shall be provided by the State Bureau of Investigation upon its receiving fingerprints from the applicant. If the applicant has been a resident of this State for less than five years, the applicant shall provide a satisfactory criminal background report from both the State and National Repositories of Criminal Histories.
(2a) Does not have a substantiated finding of neglect, abuse, misappropriation of property, diversion of drugs, or fraud listed on the Health Care Personnel Registry established under G.S. 131E-256.
(3) Has a high school diploma or its equivalent and successfully completes the equivalent of two years of coursework at an accredited college or university or has a minimum of 60 months of supervisory experience, or has a combination of education and experience as approved by the Department. For purposes of this section, “supervisory experience” means having full-time, direct management responsibility, including some responsibility for hiring and firing, over the equivalent of at least two full-time employees with direct resident care responsibilities. Such supervisory experience shall have been in a licensed adult care home or licensed nursing home within the seven years preceding the date of application.
(4) Successfully completes a Department approved administrator-in-training program of at least 120 hours of study in courses relating to assisted living residences.
(5) Successfully completes a written examination administered by the Department.  (1999-443, s. 1; 2019-180, s. 2.)

10A NCAC 13G .1501  ADMINISTRATOR APPROVAL

(a)  Each family care home shall have an administrator that has been approved by the Department pursuant to this Rule.
(b)  Applicant administrators shall meet the following qualifications:
(1)  be 21 years of age or older.
(2) provide a satisfactory criminal background report by providing to the Department the submissions required by:
(A) the State Repository of Criminal Histories, if the applicant has been a resident of this State for five years or more; or
(B) both the State and National Repositories of Criminal Histories, if the applicant has been a resident of this State for less than five years.
(3)  complete an approved administrator-in-training program listed on the website at https://info.ncdhhs.gov/dhsr/acls/adminguidelines.html and consisting of a minimum of 20 hours of instruction in N.C. Assisted Living laws and statutes, human resources, and business management, and a minimum of 100 hours of on-the-job training in an assisted living facility.
(4) complete with 75 percent accuracy a written examination administered by the Department within 12 months of completing the administrator-in-training program; and
(5) be at least a high school graduate or certified under the GED Program.