ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 852	By:	Treat of the Senate

			and

		Ownbey of the House

[ nursing home administrators - prohibiting Board from requiring a four-year degree - effective date ]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     63 O.S. 2011, Section 330.53, is amended to read as follows:
Section 330.53.  A.  The Oklahoma State Board of Examiners for Long-Term Care Administrators shall have authority to issue licenses or certifications to qualified persons as long-term care administrators, and shall establish qualification criteria for each type of long-term care administrators.
B.  No license or certification shall be issued to a person as a long-term care administrator unless:
1.  The person shall have submitted evidence satisfactory to the Board that the person is:
a.	not less than twenty-one (21) years of age, and
b.	of reputable and responsible character; and
2.  The person shall have submitted evidence satisfactory to the Board of the person's ability to supervise the defined facility type in which he or she is licensed or certified to serve as a long-term care administrator.
C.  All persons currently licensed or certified or lawfully serving as an administrator in their defined facility type shall be permitted to continue to serve in their current capacity under their current terms of authorization.  The Board may promulgate rules pursuant to Section 330.57 of this title to address future certification and licensure requirements for all long-term care administrator types without effect on the licensure or certification status of those currently certified or licensed.  The Board shall not include a requirement for a four-year degree in any future licensing or certification requirements for assisted living, nursing home, residential care or adult day care administrators.  Until such rules are promulgated, current licensure and certification processes and standards shall remain in place.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2013.
Passed the Senate the 18th day of February, 2013.

	
	Presiding Officer of the Senate

Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________, 2013.

	
	Presiding Officer of the House
	of Representatives