Alabama
Requirements for Licensure as a Nursing Home Administrator
Alabama Nursing Home Licensure Contact
Katrina G. Magdon
Alabama Board of Examiners for NHA
4156 Carmichael Road
Montgomery, AL 36106
Phone: 334-271-6214
Fax: 334-244-6509
Web: www.alboenha.state.al.us
Email: kmagdon@anha.org
Alabama Nursing Home Education Requirements:
Baccalaureate degree
Alabama Nursing Home AIT Requirements:
Yes 200 to 2,000 hours
Alabama Nursing Home National Exam Required?
Yes
Alabama Nursing Home State Exam Required?
Yes
Alabama Nursing Home Continuing Education Required?
24 hours annually
Alabama Total Number Nursing Home Administrators:
75
Alabama Number of NHA Licenses Issued Annually, Approximately:
21
Alabama Number of Licensed Nursing Home Facilities:
232
Requirements for Qualification as an Assisted Living Administrator
Alabama Assisted Living: Contact
Jim Prince, Dept. of Public Health Tel. 334-206-5300 Fax 334-206-5303
Alabama Assisted Living: Department of Public Health, Division of Licensure and Certification, 434 Monroe St., Montgomery, Alabama 36130-3017
205-261-6520
Alabama Assisted Living: Code: Assisted Living Facilities. Ala. Code § 22-21 et seq., Ala. Admin. Code. 420-5-4.01 et seq.
Alabama Assisted Living: Reimbursement: Alabama Medicaid Agency, P.O. Box 244201, Montgomery, Alabama, 36124-4201.
Alabama Assisted Living: Administrator Overview
Be 19, in good health. 6 hours continuing education yearly.
College Coursework
University of Alabama at Birmingham
School of Health Related Professions
Department of Health Services Administration
Susan Mott Webb Nutrition Sciences Building
1675 University Boulevard
Birmingham, AL 35294-3361
Ph. 205-934-5661 Fax 205-975-6608
Web: www.uab.edu/hsa
Contact person:
Richard M. Shewchuk, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director of the Gerontology Program
Tel: 205-934-4061
Program: CERTIFICATE, MASTER'S DEGREE
The University of Alabama at Birmingham offers a Master in Health Services Administration and a combined MSHA-M.B.A. degree -- both with a Graduate Certificate in Gerontology available as an option. Students choosing this option use (all) their electives to complete the certificate requirements below. The MSHA degree requires fifteen months of academic coursework, and nine months administrative residency.
The Graduate Certificate program is administered through the Gerontology Education Program and the Center for Aging at UAB as an option in the Master in Health Services Administration degree program.
Certificate requires fifteen hours of graduate-level work in geriatrics with at least B in each class. The curriculum is two required classes, two elective classes and a research project.