District of Columbia
Requirements for Licensure as a Nursing Home Administrator
District of Columbia Nursing Home Licensure Contact
Shirley Williams
D.C. Board of Nursing Home Administrators
825 N Capitol St, NE, Room 2224
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: 202-442-4760
Fax: 202-442-9481
District of Columbia Nursing Home Education Requirements:
BA degree - 3 hours of credit required in accounting, human resources or personnel management, management, gerontology, health care law or health care ethics, and management of long term care institutions.
District of Columbia Nursing Home AIT Requirements:
One year
District of Columbia Nursing Home National Exam Required?
Yes
District of Columbia Nursing Home State Exam Required?
Yes
District of Columbia Nursing Home Continuing Education Required?
40 hours biennially
District of Columbia Total Number Nursing Home Administrators:
56
District of Columbia Number of NHA Licenses Issued Annually, Approximately:
9
Requirements for Qualification as an Assisted Living Administrator
D.C. Assisted Living: Public Health and Medicine, Dept. of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, 614 H St., NW, Room 1031, Wash., DC 20002
202-727-7226
D.C. Assisted Living: Code: Community Residence Facility. Effective August, 1986.
D.C. Assisted Living: Reimbursement: DC Dept. of Human Services, Commission on Health Care Finance, 2100 ML King, Jr. Ave. SE, Suite 302, Wash. DC 20020 .
College Coursework
The George Washington University
Department of Health Services Management and Policy
2175 K Street NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20037
Tel. 202-416-0064 FAX 202-416-0075
email: hsmbjh@gwumc.eduweb: www.gwumc.edu/sphhs
Contact person:
Bernard J. Horak, Ph.D., FACHE, CPHQ
Chair, Department of Health Services Management and Policy
Program: MASTER'S
The George Washing University offers a Master of Health Services Administration Degree with concentration (field of instruction) in Management of Long-Term Care Services. The degree requires 54 semester hours of course work consisting of core courses, advanced courses, a concentration (or field of instruction, such as long-term care administration), and an administrative residency. The concentration in long term care administration consists of two courses:
HSMP 237 - Introduction to Long Term Care Management and
HSMP 255 - Gerontology.
The program may be completed in 15 months plus a one-year residency in a long term care facility. The university was founded in 1821, is private, non-sectarian, located in downtown Washington, DC near the White House.