Maryland
Requirements for Licensure as a Nursing Home Administrator
Maryland Nursing Home Licensure Contact
Mr. Howard White
Maryland Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators
4201 Patterson Avenue Rm. 313
Baltimore, MD 21215-2299
Phone: 410-764-4750
Fax: 410-358-9187
Email: hannigap@dhmh.state.md.us
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
600
Maryland Number of NHA Licenses Issued Annually, Approximately:
47
Maryland Number of Licensed Nursing Home Facilities:
240
Requirements for Qualification as an Assisted Living Administrator
Maryland Assisted Living: Contact
Yvette Dixon, Dept. of Mental Hygiene, Tel. 410-764-2770 Fax 410-358-0750
Maryland Assisted Living: Office of Licensing and Certification, 4201 Patterson Av. 4th Fl., Baltimore, MD 21215
410-764-2770
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
School of Public Health
Department of Health Policy and Management
624 N. Broadway, Room 406
Baltimore, M.D. 21205
Tel: (410) 955-5315 Fax: (410) 955-6959
Program: MASTER'S (AIT meeting state licensure board requirements)
Johns Hopkins University Department of Health Policy and Management offers a Master of Health Science in Health Finance and Management which prepares college graduates for entry and mid-level management positions in health care organizations. The size of the entering class is kept small (up to 20) in order to provide personal advising and field placement. The program requires an eleven-month paid, supervised field placement in a health care organization.
Although classes specifically in LTCA are not offered, students have the option of completing their field placements in a long-term care organization. Students who choose the option participate in the State of Maryland's AIT program and become licensed nursing home administrators after successful completion of the AIT program and National and Maryland State Standards nursing home administrator licensing exams.
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University of Maryland University College
3501 University Blvd. East
Adelphi, MD 20783
Contact:
Robin Majeski or
Bryant Hall, Jr. Adjunct Associate Professor (course instructor) Email: majeski@umuc.edu
Web: www.umuc.edu/prog/ugp/majors/gero.shtml
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.