Florida
Requirements for Licensure as a Nursing Home Administrator
Florida Nursing Home Licensure Contact
Vicki Grant
Florida Board of Nursing Home Administrators
4052 Bald Cypress Way Bin #C-07
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0777
Phone: 850-245-4355
Fax: 850-413-6982
Website: www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa1/nurshome/nh_home.htm
Florida Nursing Home Education Requirements:
Bachelor's degree
Florida Nursing Home AIT Requirements:
1,000 hours during degree training
Florida Nursing Home National Exam Required?
Yes
Florida Nursing Home State Exam Required?
Yes
Florida Nursing Home Continuing Education Required?
40 hours biennially
Florida Total Number Nursing Home Administrators:
1648
Requirements for Qualification as an Assisted Living Administrator
Florida Assisted Living: Contact
Mary Loepp, Agy. for Health Care Admin. Tel. 850-487-2515 Fax 850-410-1476
Florida Assisted Living: Agency for Health Care Administration, Adult Congregate Living Facilities, 2727 Mahan Dr., Tallahassee, FL 32308
904-487-2515
Florida Assisted Living: Code: Assisted Living Facilities, Fla. Stat. Ch. 400 Part 3; Fla. Admin. Code Ch. 58A-5 et seq.
Florida Assisted Living: Reimbursement: Agency for Health Care Admin., Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services, 1317 Winewood Blvd., Bldg 6, Rm. 233, Tallahassee, Fl 32399-0700
904-488-3560
Florida Assisted Living: Administrator Overview
Be 21 and complete a core training program including 24 contact hours within 3 months of employment. 12 hours of continuing education every two years. Extended Congregate Care Facility administrators must have 2 years of experience in social work, management, recreation or counseling and do 6 hours of continuing education each year.
College Coursework
Florida A&M University
Division of Health Care Management
School of Allied Health Sciences
Tallahassee, FL 32307
Tel:850-599-3823
Contact person: Augustine O. Agho, Ph.D., M.H.A.
Professor and Program Director
Email: augustine.agho@famu.edu
Program: BACHELOR'S
Bachelor of Science degree in Health Care Management with a concentration in Long-Term Care Administration. The core curriculum has been approved by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulations and the State Board of Nursing Home Administrators. Upon completion of the degree/concentration students qualify to sit for the licensure examination.
LTCA Teaching faculty:
Augustine O. Agho, Ph.D. Professor/Director, Health Care Management
Nathaniel Wesley, Jr., M.H.A., FACHE, Assistant Professor, Health Care Management
Marisa Lewis, Pharm D, PmPH, Assistant Professor, Long-Term Care Management
Andrea Stephenson, MHA/MBA, Adjunct Professor, Long-Term Care
Melfin Barber, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Medical Sociology
Lynn University
Health Care Administration Programs
3601 North Military Trail
Boca Raton, FL 33431-5598
Tel:(561) 237-7852 Fax: (561) 237-7965
Contact faculty:
Rita Nacken Gugel, Ph.D., Coordinator, Health Care Administration Programs
Tel: 561-237-7852 Fax: 561-237-7965
Program: BACHELOR'S, MASTER'S
Lynn University, founded 1962 - College of Boca Raton- offers both the Bachelor of Science in Health Care Administration with or without LTCA concentration, and the Master of Science in Health Care Administration degreewith or without LTCA concentration.
Teaching faculty
Lindsey DeVeau, Ed.D.
School of Business
Eldon Bernstein, Ph.D., Professor
Robert Green, DBA, Associate Professor
Farideh Farazmand, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Ralph Norcio, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department of Gerontology and Health Care
Rita Nacken Gugel, Ph.D., Professor and Chairperson
Dennis Toback, Ed.D., Adjunct Professor
Gary Krulewitz, J.D., MPS, Adjunct Professor
University of North Florida
College of Health
Department of Health Science
4567 St. Johns Bluff Road, South
Jacksonville, FL 32224
Tel: (904) 620-2840 Fax: (904) 620-2848
Contact faculty
JoAnn Nolin, J.D., Director
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Program
The University of North Florida's Department of Health Science has one undergraduate and two graduate programs that offer curriculum in Long-Term Care Administration. Graduates from these programs who have successfully completed a state mandated internship as part of their program of study are eligible to sit for the Florida Long-Term Care Administrator's Examination
Bachelor of Science in Health(BSH)
Undergraduate students enrolled in the Health Administration Program who elect to complete required long-term care courses and a 650-hour internship under the direction of a qualified administrative preceptor may apply for admission to the Florida Long-Term Care Administrator's Examination. www.unf.edu/coh/bshadm.htm
Master of Science in Health, Geriatric Management Program
The Geriatric Management Program is specifically designed to meet the needs of individuals desiring to work in the area of health care for the aging population. Students complete 39 hours of coursework in management, finance, health law, aging theory and a field experience or an internship. Students completing the 500-hour state prescribed long-term care internship are eligible to take the state licensing exam. www.unf.edu/coh/mshgera
Master of Health Administration
The Department of Health Science also offers a Master in Health Care Administration (M.H.A.) degree Examinationwhich includes elective course work in long term care and the option to complete the state mandated 500 hour graduate internship in a long term care facility. www.unf.edu/coh/mha
LTCA Faculty
Betty Gilkison, Ed.D., Associate Professor
JoAnn Nolin, J.D., Visiting Assistant Professor
Sharon Zill, Ph.D., Assistant Professor