Section 210. Administrator training

A. For facilities licensed for residential living care only, the administrator shall attend at least 20 hours of training related to management or operation of a residential facility for adults or relevant to the population in care within 12 months from the date of employment and annually thereafter from that date. When adults with mental impairments reside in the facility, at least five of the required 20 hours of training shall focus on topics related to residents' mental impairments. Documentation of attendance shall be retained at the facility and shall include title of course, name of the entity that provided the training, date and number of hours.

EXCEPTION: If the administrator is licensed as an assisted living facility administrator or nursing home administrator by the Virginia Board of Long-Term Care Administrators, subsection B of this section applies rather than subsection A of this section.

B. For facilities licensed for both residential and assisted living care, the administrator shall meet the continuing education requirements for licensure as an assisted living facility or nursing home administrator, whichever is applicable.

C. Any administrator who has not previously undergone the training specified in 22VAC40-72-50 D shall be required to complete that training within two months of employment as administrator of the facility. The training may be counted toward the annual training requirement for the first year, except that for licensed administrators, whether the training counts toward continuing education and for what period of time depends upon the administrator licensure requirements.

EXCEPTION: Administrators employed prior to December 28, 2006, are not required to complete this training.

D. If medication is administered to residents by medication aides as allowed in 22VAC40-72-660 1 b and 2, the administrator shall successfully complete a training program approved by the Virginia Board of Nursing for the registration of medication aides. The training program for administrators who supervise medication aides, but are not registered medication aides themselves, must include a minimum of 68 hours of student instruction and training, but need not include the prerequisite for the program or the written examination for registration. The training shall be completed within four months of employment as an administrator and may be counted toward the annual training requirement for the first year, except that for licensed administrators, whether the training counts toward continuing education and for what period of time depends upon the administrator licensure requirements. The following exceptions apply:

1. The administrator is licensed by the Commonwealth of Virginia to administer medications; or

2. Medication aides are supervised by an individual employed full time at the facility who is licensed by the Commonwealth of Virginia to administer medications.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 23, Issue 06, eff. December 28, 2006; amended, Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 08, eff. February 5, 2009; Volume 25, Issue 19, eff. August 1, 2009.

Statutory Authority

§§ 63.2-217 and 63.2-1732 of the Code of Virginia.