Section 36-28-12 - Age, character, training and examination requirements for administrator's license. - South Dakota Statutes

36-28-12. Age, character, training and examination requirements for administrator's license. The board may issue licenses to qualified persons as nursing facility administrators, and shall establish qualification criteria pursuant to chapter 1-26 for such nursing facility administrators. No license shall be issued to a person as a nursing facility administrator unless:
(1) He is at least eighteen years of age, of good moral character, and of sound physical and mental health;
(2) He has satisfactorily completed a course of instruction and training prescribed by the board, which course shall, by virtue of its content and administration, present sufficient knowledge of the needs properly to be served by nursing facilities, laws governing the operation of nursing facilities and the protection of the interests of the residents therein, and the elements of good nursing facility administration; or he must present evidence satisfactory to the board of sufficient education, training or experience in the foregoing fields to administer, supervise and manage a nursing facility; and
(3) He has passed an examination administered by the board designed to test his knowledge and competence regarding the subject matter referred to in subdivision (2) of this section.

Source: SL 1969, ch 113, § 4; SDCL Supp, § 34-12A-11; SL 1986, ch 302, § 104.