Section 9-312.1 - Licensing on inactive status. - Maryland Statutes

§ 9-312.1. Licensing on inactive status.
 

(a)  Licensing on inactive status permitted.- If an individual has been licensed by the Board to practice as a nursing home administrator in the State in accordance with the requirements of this subtitle, the individual may be licensed subsequently as a nursing home administrator on inactive status, retaining the licensee's original license number. 

(b)  Procedure in general.-  

(1) The Board shall place a licensee on inactive status if the licensee submits to the Board: 

(i) An application for inactive status on the form required by the Board; and 

(ii) The inactive status fee set by the Board. 

(2) A licensee's inactive status expires on the second anniversary of its effective date, unless the licensee renews the inactive status for a 2-year term as provided in this section. 

(3) The Board shall provide a licensee who has complied with the requirements of paragraph (1) of this subsection with written notification of: 

(i) The date that the licensee's inactive status becomes effective; 

(ii) The date that the licensee's 2-year term of inactive status expires; and 

(iii) The consequences of: 

1. Not renewing inactive status before expiration of the 2-year term of inactive status; and 

2. Not resuming active status within the 5-year period of inactive status, beginning on the first day of inactive status. 

(c)  Practice as administrator prohibited.- A licensee on inactive status may not practice as a nursing home administrator in the State. 

(d)  Reactivation of license.- The Board shall issue a license to a licensee who is on inactive status if the licensee: 

(1) Completes an application form for reactivation of a license before expiration of the 2-year term of inactive status on the form required by the Board; 

(2) Complies with the renewal requirements in effect at the time the licensee seeks to reactivate the license; 

(3) Meets the continuing education requirements set by the Board; 

(4) Has not practiced as a nursing home administrator in the State while on inactive status; 

(5) Pays all appropriate fees set by the Board; 

(6) Has been on inactive status for less than 5 years; and 

(7) Is otherwise entitled to be licensed. 

(e)  Prerequisites.- Before the Board may reactivate the license of an individual who has been on inactive status for 5 years or more, the individual shall: 

(1) Submit a new application; 

(2) Pay all appropriate fees set by the Board; 

(3) Complete a Board approved 1-month administrator refresher program; and 

(4) Pass the State's standards examination. 

(f)  Reinstatement following expiration of inactive license.- A nursing home administrator whose inactive license expires before the nursing home administrator returns to active licensure shall meet the reinstatement requirements of § 9-312 of this subtitle. 
 

[2005, ch. 247.]