Inactive Licensure Status

PURPOSE: This rule establishes the procedures by which a currently licensed administrator may place his/her license on an inactive status and the procedures for reactivating the license, pursuant to section 344.108, RSMo. (1) Any administrator possessing a current license to practice as an administrator in Missouri may request an inactive license. (2) Licensees interested in requesting an inactive license shall submit the following information to the board prior to June 30 of the year of renewal of the administrator’s active license: (A) The fee referenced in 19 CSR 73-2.015; (B) Original wall license and all other evidence of licensure, or evidence satisfactory to the board that the license has been lost, stolen, or destroyed; and (C) Evidence satisfactory to the board of completion of ten (10) clock hours of continuing education in the area of patient care. The licensee may complete up to five (5) hours out of the ten (10) hours of continuing education from on-line continuing education programs if a Missouri board-approved training agency offers the program or approved by the National Continuing Education Service (NCERS) under the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB). (3) The board shall provide written notification to the licensee indicating that the license is inactive once the board has received the required information and has approved the request for inactive licensure status. (4) An inactive license shall expire on June 30 of the second year following the year of issuance and every other year thereafter. (5) Licensees seeking to renew shall, on or before June 30 of the year of renewal, either file an application or renew through the board’s electronic online system, as provided in 19 CSR 73-2.050, that includes evidence satisfactory to the board of completion of a minimum of ten (10) clock hours of continuing education in the area of patient care and shall be accompanied by the renewal fee referenced in 19 CSR 73-2.015. (6) A license may be carried in inactive status for up to six (6) years from the date of issuance. If the licensee does not reactivate the license during the six (6)-year period, the license shall expire on the last day of the six (6)-year period. (7) An inactive license may be reactivated by submitting a request to the board, accompanied by evidence satisfactory to the board of the completion of forty (40) clock hours of continuing education and the fee referenced in 19 CSR 73-2.015. The forty (40) clock hours of continuing education shall be earned no earlier than six (6) months prior to the request for reactivation and no later than six (6) months after the inactive license has been reactivated. If the holder of an inactive license requests reactivation prior to completing the forty (40) clock hours of continuing education, the board shall issue a six (6)-month interim license to the licensee. The interim license shall expire six (6) months from the date of issuance or at such earlier time as the licensee earns the forty (40) clock hours of continuing education deemed satisfactory to the board of completion of the required hours. (8) No person shall practice as an administrator or hold himself or herself out as an administrator in this state while his or her license is inactive. (9) An inactive license shall remain subject to discipline for violations of Chapter 344, RSMo, and the rules promulgated thereunder. AUTHORITY: section 344.070, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed Dec. 28, 2007, effective Aug. 30, 2008. Amended: Filed June 15, 2011, effective Jan. 30, 2012. Amended: Filed Aug. 31, 2018, effective April 30, 2019. ** *Original authority: 344.070, RSMo 1969, amended 1979, 1993, 1995, 2007. **Pursuant to Executive Order 21-07, 19 CSR 73-2.053, subsection (2)(C) was suspended from April 2, 2020 through August 31, 2021.