ARSD 20:49:05:01. Emergency permit

To meet the needs of a nursing facility that has a vacancy in the administrator's position, the Board of Nursing Facility Administrators may issue to an individual an emergency permit to practice as a nursing facility administrator for not more than one hundred eighty days, subject to the following: (1) A person of authority from the facility with the vacancy submits an application to the board, accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of two hundred sixty dollars; (2) The emergency administrator provides services under the supervision of a preceptor; (3) The preceptor provides appropriate supervision and is reasonably available to the emergency administrator to provide assistance; and (4) The preceptor observes the emergency administrator at least two days per month in the facility in which the emergency administrator is serving and keeps a written summary of what was accomplished or discussed at each visit. The emergency administrator and the preceptor shall maintain a copy of the dated summary for one year following the date of expiration of the emergency permit. A preceptor may only be held responsible for the acts of the emergency administrator operating under the preceptor's supervision if the preceptor does not fulfill the requirements of this section.