1997 Minnesota Statutes

     144A.20 Administrator qualifications. 

    Subdivision 1.    Criteria.  The board of examiners may 
 issue licenses to qualified persons as nursing home 
 administrators, and shall establish qualification criteria for 
 nursing home administrators.  No license shall be issued to a 
 person as a nursing home administrator unless that person: 

    (a) Is at least 18 years of age and otherwise suitably 
 qualified; 

    (b) Has satisfactorily met standards set by the board of 
 examiners, which standards shall be designed to assure that 
 nursing home administrators will be individuals who, by training 
 or experience are qualified to serve as nursing home 
 administrators; and 

    (c) Has passed an examination approved by the board and 
 designed to test for competence in the subject matters referred 
 to in clause (b), or has been approved by the board of examiners 
 through the development and application of other appropriate 
 techniques. 

    Subd. 2.    Exception.  Notwithstanding any law to the 
 contrary, no person desiring to be licensed to administer a 
 nursing home operated by and for the adherents of any recognized 
 church or religious denomination for the purpose of providing 
 care and treatment for those who select and depend upon 
 spiritual means through prayer alone, in lieu of medical care, 
 for healing, shall be required to demonstrate proficiency in any 
 medical technique or meet any medical educational qualification 
 or medical standard which is not in accord with the type of 
 remedial care and treatment provided in a nursing home operated 
 exclusively in accordance with the teachings of that body. 

    HIST: 1976 c 173 s 20; 1986 c 444; 1996 c 451 art 4 s 23