(1) No nursing home in the state may operate unless it is under the management of a nursing home administrator who holds a currently valid license, provisional license, or temporary license.
(2) Nothing in this part or in the rules adopted hereunder shall require an administrator of any facility or institution operated by and for persons who rely exclusively upon treatment by spiritual means through prayer, in accordance with the creed or tenets of any organized church or religious denomination, to be licensed as a nursing home administrator if the administrator is employed only to administer in such facilities or institutions for the care and treatment of the sick.
History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 79-227; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 2, 16, 17, ch. 86-223; s. 2, ch. 88-411; s. 61, ch. 91-137; s. 10, ch. 91-156; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 108, ch. 97-261; s. 1, ch. 97-264.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations
Chapter 468 - Miscellaneous Professions and Occupations
Part II - Nursing Home Administration (Ss. 468.1635-468.1756)
468.1645 - Administrator license required.
468.1665 - Board of Nursing Home Administrators; membership; appointment; terms.
468.1675 - Board headquarters.
468.1685 - Powers and duties of board and department.
468.1695 - Licensure by examination.
468.1705 - Licensure by endorsement; temporary license.
468.1715 - Renewal of license.
468.1735 - Provisional license.
468.1745 - Prohibitions; penalties.