Kentucky
Requirements for Licensure as a Nursing Home Administrator
Kentucky Nursing Home Licensure: Contact
Adrianna Lang
Kentucky Board of Licensure for NHA
P.O. Box 1360
Frankfort KY 40602
Phone: 502-564-3296 ext. 222
Fax: 502-564-4818
Website: www.state.ky.us/agencies/finance/occupations/nursinghomeadmin/index.htm
Kentucky Nursing Home Education Requirements:
BA (plus 6 months continuous management experience in health care facility within 3 years of application).
Kentucky Nursing Home AIT Requirements:
None
Kentucky Nursing Home National Exam Required?
Yes
Kentucky Nursing Home State Exam Required?
No
Kentucky Nursing Home Continuing Education Required?
30 hours biennially
Kentucky Number Licensed Administrators:
864
Requirements for Qualification as an Assisted Living Administrator
Kentucky Assisted Living: Contact
David Crane, Cabinet for Human Resources, Tel. 502-564-2800 Fax 502-564-6546
Kentucky Assisted Living: Division of Licensing and Regulation, CHR Bldg., 4th Fl., East, 275 E. Main St., Frankfort, KY 40621-0001
502-564-2800
Kentucky Assisted Living: Code: Assisted Living Residences Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 209-200; 905 Ky. Admin Regs. 5:080.
Kentucky Assisted Living: Reimbursement: Dept. of Medicaid Services 3rd Fl., 275 E. Main St., Frankfort, KY 40621
502-564-4321
Kentucky Assisted Living: Administrator Overview
Have a high school degree or a nursing home administrator license.
College Coursework
University of Kentucky
Division of Health Administration
Department of Health Services
College of Allied Health Professions
103 UK Chandler Medical Center Annex 2
Lexington, KY 40536-0080
Tel: (606) 323-6361 Fax: (606) 257-2454
NEW ADMISSIONS SUSPENDED (2002); LONG TERM CARE COURSES STILL OFFERED FOR STUDENTS IN OTHER MAJORS AS WELL AS MPH AND MHA.
Contact faculty:
Joyce E. Beaulier, Ph.D.
Joel M. Lee, Professor, Associate Director for Academic Affairs
Kentucky School of Public Health
Program: BACHELOR'S, MASTER'S
The University of Kentucky offers a concentration in long-term care administration in both the Bachelors in Health Science in Health Administration program (120 hours) and the Masters in Health Administration (51 hours). A Gerontology Certificate is also offered for graduate students through Sanders-Brown Center on Aging consisting of 15 credit hours, including an independent project, as part of a specific graduate program. The bachelors program includes a required six month long-term care practicum. Upon completion of one of these programs the student is eligible for nursing home administrator licensure exam offered by the State.
Teaching faculty in long term care:
Joyce E. Beaulier, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Health Administration
Linda B. Kuder, Ph.D., Associate Director, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging
Mary Jo Slahta, M.H.A., NHA, Administrator, Regency Health Care Center, Louisville, Kentucky
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Western Kentucky University
Health Care Administration
Department of Public Health
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY 42101
Tel: (859) 745-3941 Fax: (559) 745-4437
Email: pat.minors@WKU.edu.
Contact faculty:
Patricia Minors, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Associate Professor and HCA Program Director
Program: BACHELOR'S, MASTER'S
Western Kentucky University offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Care Administration and a Master in Health Care Administration. Nursing home specific information is contained within regular courses. Approximately 50% of graduates secure positions in long-term care administration. Long-term care administration specific courses are both required in the program as well as being taught across the curriculum.
LTCA teaching faculty
Patricia Minors, Ph.D., M.B.A., Asst Professor, HCA
C. Wayne Higgins, Ph.D., Professor, HCA
Jimmie O. Price, Ed.D., Professor
John White, Ph.D., M.A., Assistant Professor
Catherine Schuster, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Thomas Nicholson, Ph.D., M.P.H., Professor
Ben Howard, MS, Instructor
Ling Nu, Ph.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor