Massachusetts

Requirements for Licensure as a Nursing Home Administrator

Massachusetts Nursing Home Licensure Contact
Sally Graham
Executive Director
Mass. Board of Reg. for Nursing Home Administrators
239 Causeway Street, 5th Floor
Boston, MA 02114

Phone: 617-973-0806
Fax: 617-973-0982
Web: www.mass.gov/dph/boards

Massachusetts Nursing Home Education Requirements:
Masters degree in health care administration, business or management, plus three month AIT program; or baccalaureate degree plus six month AIT program.

Massachusetts Nursing Home AIT Requirements:
6 months with BA

Massachusetts Nursing Home National Exam Required?
Yes

Massachusetts Nursing Home State Exam Required?
No

Massachusetts Nursing Home Continuing Education Required?
40 hours biennially

Massachusetts Number Licensed Administrators:
2825

Requirements for Qualification as an Assisted Living Administrator

Massachusetts Assisted Living: Contact
Beth Shelton, Exec. Office of Elder Affairs, Tel. 617-727-7750 Fax 617-727-9368

Massachusetts Assisted Living: Division of Health Care Quality, 10 West St., 5th Fl., Boston, MA 02111
617-727-5860

Massachusetts Assisted Living: Code: Assisted Living Residences, Mass. Gen. L. Ann. ch. 19D § 1 et seq.; Mass Regs. Code titl 651, § 12.00 et seq.

Massachusetts Assisted Living: Reimbursement: Dept. of Public Welfare, 600 Washington St., Boston, MA 12111
617-348-5691

Massachusetts Assisted Living: Administrator Overview
Be 21 and have experience satisfactory to the State.

College Coursework

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