New York
Requirements for Licensure as a Nursing Home Administrator
New York Nursing Home Licensure Contact
Beth Dichter
Executive Secretary to the BOE
New York Board of Examiners of NHA
NYS Dept. of Health
161 Delaware Avenue
Delmar, NY 12054
Phone: 518/408-1297
Fax: 518/408-1632
Email: esd02@health.state.ny.us
New York Nursing Home Education Requirements:
BA degree, including or supplemented by five 3 credit hour courses in health facility administration, legal issues in health care, health care financing, personnel management, and gerontology.
New York Nursing Home AIT Requirements:
6-12 months
New York Nursing Home National Exam Required?
Yes
New York Nursing Home State Exam Required?
No
New York Nursing Home Continuing Education Required?
48 hours biennially
New York Number Licensed Administrators:
5386
New York Number of NHA Licenses Issued Annually, Approximately:
60
New York Number of Licensed Nursing Home Facilities:
665
Requirements for Qualification as an Assisted Living Administrator
New York Assisted Living:
Division of Home and Community Based Care
161 Delaware Ave
Delmar, NY 12054-1393
1-866-893-6772
New York Assisted Living: Code:
Assisted Living Program. N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 461-1 et seq.; N.Y. Comp. Codes r. & Regs tit. 18, § 485.1 et seq.
New York Assisted Living: Reimbursement:
State Dept. of Social Services
40 N. Pearl St., Albany, NY 12243
518-432-2404
New York Assisted Living: Administrator Overview
A variety of ways to qualify are specified by the State.
College Coursework
City University of New York
Lehman College
Department of Health Services
Health Services Administration Program
250 Bedford Park Boulevard West
Bronx, NY 10468
Tel: (718) 960-8775
Web: http://www.lehman.edu/academics/health-sciences/
Program: BACHELOR'S
The Department of Health Services at Lehman College offers a health services administration program leading to the BS degree. Part of this curriculum is a series of courses designed to prepare individuals to become eligible to take the examination leading to the New York State license as a Nursing Home Administrator (HSA 267 Management of Health Care Institutions, , HSA 304 Financial Aspects of Health Care Administration, HSA 320 Long-Term Care Administration ; HSD 308 Legal Issues in Health Care, and HEA 310 Health and Aging).
New York University
The Robert W. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
295 Lafayette St
New York, NY 10012-9604
Tel: (212) 998-7440 Fax: (212) 995-4162
Email: wagner.admissions@nyu.edu
Website: http://wagner.nyu.edu/
Programs: MPA in Health Policy and Management, Advanced Professional Certificate in Health Services Administration
The New York University (a private university in the public service) Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service offers a masters degree concentration in Health Policy and Management within which it is possible to focus on long-term care administration. The MPA requires two full years of graduate study and students take a cluster of advanced courses related to the administration of long-term care services in their second year of study. The Advanced Professional Certificate Program is designed such that students have the option of customizing a cluster of courses (usually five) in the area of health services management, long-term care administration, health policy analysis and health financial management.