Minnesota Session Laws - 1991, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1991 

                         CHAPTER 169-H.F.No. 85 
           An act relating to health; authorizing nursing homes 
          with 150 or fewer beds that are located within 75 
          miles of each other to share an administrator; 
          amending Minnesota Statutes 1990, section 144A.04, 
          subdivision 5. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1990, section 144A.04, 
subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 5.  [ADMINISTRATORS.] Except as otherwise provided by 
this subdivision, a nursing home must have a full time licensed 
nursing home administrator serving the facility.  In any nursing 
home of less than 25 beds, the director of nursing services may 
also serve as the licensed nursing home administrator.  Two 
nursing homes under common ownership having a total of 100 150 
beds or less and located within 50 75 miles of each other may 
share the services of a licensed administrator if the 
administrator divides full time work week between the two 
facilities in proportion to the number of beds in each 
facility.  Every nursing home shall have a person-in-charge on 
the premises at all times in the absence of the licensed 
administrator.  The name of the person in charge must be posted 
in a conspicuous place in the facility.  The commissioner of 
health shall by rule promulgate minimum education and experience 
requirements for persons-in-charge, and may promulgate rules 
specifying the times of day during which a licensed 
administrator must be on the nursing home's premises.  In the 
absence of rules adopted by the commissioner governing the 
division of an administrator's time between two nursing homes, 
the administrator shall designate and post the times the 
administrator will be on site in each home on a regular basis.  
A nursing home may employ as its administrator the administrator 
of a hospital licensed pursuant to sections 144.50 to 144.56 if 
the individual is licensed as a nursing home administrator 
pursuant to section 144A.20 and the nursing home and hospital 
have a combined total of 150 beds or less and are located within 
one mile of each other.  A nonproprietary retirement home having 
fewer than 15 licensed nursing home beds may share the services 
of a licensed administrator with a nonproprietary nursing home, 
having fewer than 150 licensed nursing home beds, that is 
located within 25 miles of the retirement home.  A nursing home 
which is located in a facility licensed as a hospital pursuant 
to sections 144.50 to 144.56, may employ as its administrator 
the administrator of the hospital if the individual meets 
minimum education and long term care experience criteria set by 
rule of the commissioner of health. 
     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment. 
    Presented to the governor May 21, 1991 
    Signed by the governor May 24, 1991, 5:40 p.m.