30:11-20 - Nursing home administrator's licensing board; appointment; membership; qualifications; terms; compensation; reimbusement for expenses - New Jersey Statutes

30:11-20.  Nursing home administrator's licensing board; appointment; membership; qualifications; terms; compensation; reimbusement for expenses

10.  The Commissioner of the Department of Health and Senior Services subject to the approval of the Governor, shall appoint a Nursing Home Administrator's Licensing Board which shall consist of the Commissioner of the Department of Human Services; the Commissioner of the Department of Health and Senior Services, and seven nursing home administrators of recognized ability, two of whom shall be registered nurses who are graduates of accredited schools of nursing, licensed by the New Jersey State Board of Nursing to practice nursing in this State, one of whom shall be a fellow of the American College of Nursing Home Administrators, one of whom shall be a member of the American College of Nursing Home Administrators, one of whom shall be an administrator of a governmentally operated nursing home, one of whom shall be an administrator of a nonprofit home for the aged with a licensed infirmary, and one of whom shall be an administrator of a proprietary nursing home.  There shall be appointed six additional members who shall be representative of the professions and institutions concerned with the care and treatment of chronically ill or infirm elderly patients other than nursing home administrators or persons associated with nursing homes, one of whom shall be a physician licensed to practice medicine in this State, but in no event shall a majority of the board be representative of a single professional or institutional category.  Any noninstitutional member of the board, which does not include nursing home administrators, shall have no direct financial interest in nursing homes.  Each member of the board who is a nursing home administrator shall have a minimum of not less than five years' experience as an administrator in the supervision of a convalescent home or private nursing home  and shall at all times be licensed as a nursing home administrator pursuant to the terms of this act.  The board shall be appointed for terms of four years,  except when appointed to complete an unexpired term.  Members whose terms shall  expire shall hold office until appointment of their successors. Members may be  reappointed for one additional term.  They shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of  their official duties.

L.1968,c.356,s.10; amended 1969, c.174; 1975, c.8; 1997, c.110.