Maryland
Requirements for Licensure as a Nursing Home Administrator
Maryland Nursing Home Licensure Contact
Patricia Hannigan
Executive Director
Maryland State Board of Examiners for NHA
4201 Patterson Ave., Rm 305
Baltimore, MD 21215-2299
Phone: 410/764-4750
Fax: 410/358-9187
Email: hannigap@dhmh.state.md.us
Web: http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/bonha/
Maryland Nursing Home Education Requirements:
BA degree or masters in health care administration and AIT or one year of full time nursing home administration in a nursing home; or BA or masters degree in a field other than nursing home administration and AIT of one year of full time nursing home administration in a nursing home, and 100 hour course of study for NHA (Core of Knowledge).
Maryland Nursing Home AIT Requirements:
One year
Maryland Nursing Home National Exam Required?
Yes
Maryland Nursing Home State Exam Required?
Yes
Maryland Nursing Home Continuing Education Required?
40 hours biennially
Maryland Number Licensed Administrators
545
Maryland Number of NHA Licenses Issued Annually, Approximately:
24
Maryland Number of Licensed Nursing Home Facilities:
240
Requirements for Qualification as an Assisted Living Administrator
Maryland Assisted Living: Contact
Office of Health Care Quality
(877) 402-8221 or (410) 402-8217
Maryland Assisted Living: Code:
Assisted Living Programs SB 545; Md. Code Ann. § 70B.4 et seq. Md. Regs. Code Title 14, § 14.11.07
Maryland Assisted Living: Reimbursement:
Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene
201 W. Preston St. 5th Fl
Baltimore MD 21201
410-225-6505
Maryland Assisted Living: Administrator Overview
Be 21 and have high school diploma or equivalent experience as approved by the State.
College Coursework
Johns Hopkins University
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Department of Health Policy and Management
624 N. Broadway, Room 496
Baltimore, M.D. 21205
Tel: (410) 955-2489
Program: MASTER'S
Johns Hopkins University Department of Health Policy and Management offers a Master of Health Administration which is designed to develop health care leaders for a rapidly changing world.
University of Maryland University College
3501 University Blvd. East
Adelphi, MD 20783
Contact:
Katherine Humber, Director
E-mail: khumber@umuc.edu
Phone: 240-582-2850
Web: http://www.umuc.edu/departments/scip/gero/
The programs in gerontology include long term care courses, but no formal certification or program in long term care as such. Gerontology programs include an undergraduate gerontology minor and a gerontology certificate with two options: one for those pursuing a Bachelor's degree with a major in an area other than gerontology and one for those not pursuing a higher education degree.