Requirements for initial licensure

A person applying for initial licensure must meet the following requirements: 1. The person is at least eighteen years of age and of good moral character. 2. The person has a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, or has an associate degree from an accredited college or university and has practiced as a licensed nursing home administrator in any jurisdiction for at least five of the last six years. 3. The person has completed a board-approved administrator-in-training program, practiced as a licensed nursing home administrator in any jurisdiction for at least two years preceding the application, is certified by the American college of health care administrators as a nursing home administrator, or has met the qualifications for the health services executive license as established by the national association of long term care administrator boards, which are in effect on January 1, 2017. 4. If the person has not been licensed in another state and has not been practicing as an administrator of record in another state for five of the last six years, the person must pass the examinations required by section 55-02-01-10 within twenty-four months before or after the date the person applies for initial licensure.