September 27, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Liberati, Green, Schor, Bizon, Peterson, Yanez, Brann, Sowerby, Hughes, Lucido, Pagan, Maturen, Wittenberg, Ellison, Noble, Chang, Yaroch, Farrington, Lasinski, Geiss, Camilleri and Jones and referred to the Committee on Law and Justice.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
by amending sections 17309 and 17313 (MCL 333.17309 and 333.17313),
as added by 2001 PA 139, and by adding section 17312.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
17309. (1) The department shall issue a license
certificate
of licensure as a nursing home
administrator to a
person
an individual who fulfills the requirements of this section
or section 17315.
(2) An applicant for licensure as a nursing home administrator
shall have satisfactorily completed a course of instruction and
training approved by the department, which course shall be designed
as to content and be administered as to present sufficient
knowledge of all of the following:
(a) The needs properly to be served by a nursing home.
(b) The laws governing the operation of a nursing home and the
protection of the interests of a patient in a nursing home.
(c) The elements of good nursing home administration.
(3) An applicant for licensure as a nursing home administrator
shall present evidence satisfactory to the department of sufficient
education and training in the fields of study described in
subsection (2) or shall have been employed as a chief executive or
administrative officer at a hospital licensed under article 17 for
not less than 5 of the 7 years immediately preceding the date of
application for a license under this part.
(4) Subject to section 16178, an applicant for licensure as a
nursing home administrator shall also present evidence acceptable
to the department of having passed an examination acceptable to the
board and the department. The examination shall be designed to test
for competence in the fields of study described in subsection (2).
(5) An applicant for licensure as a nursing home administrator
shall be of good moral character and meet any additional
qualifications as may be required by rule of the department and
board, including, but not limited to, the training required under
section 17312.
Sec. 17312. (1) The department, in consultation with the
board, shall promulgate rules requiring an applicant for initial
licensure or for license renewal to complete training on
identifying a patient of a nursing home who is an adult in need of
protective services. The training described in this section applies
to a license renewal beginning with the first renewal cycle after
the rules are promulgated and for an initial license granted 5 or
more years after the rules are promulgated.
(2) As used in this section, "adult in need of protective
services" means that term as defined in section 11 of the social
welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.11.
Sec. 17313. (1) Subject to sections 16201 and 16204, the
department shall not issue a renewal license unless the licensee
presents satisfactory evidence to the department that the licensee
has participated in continuing education courses of not less than
18 clock hours' duration approved by the board and department, for
each year subsequent to the expiration of the individual's last
license.
(2) The continuing education courses required under subsection
(1) shall contain subjects related to the practice of nursing home
administration acceptable to the board and the department and shall
include the training required under section 17312.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.