Nursing home administrators-temporary licenses.

Plain English Breakdown

The official bill text specifies limits and conditions for issuing temporary licenses which were accurately reflected in the candidate explanation except for the specific limitation noted in removed claims.

Temporary Licenses for Nursing Home Administrators

This law allows nursing home administrators to get temporary licenses while waiting on background checks or completing requirements.

What This Bill Does

• The board can give a temporary license to someone who has all the information needed but is still waiting on their background check results.
• If an applicant needs more experience or exams, they can get a temporary license that lasts up to six months.
• For nursing homes without a licensed administrator, the board can issue a temporary license for up to six months if the person has enough training and experience.

Who It Names or Affects

• Nursing home administrators who need licenses
• The Wyoming State Board of Nursing Home Administrators

Terms To Know

Temporary license

A short-term permit that allows someone to work as a nursing home administrator while waiting for full licensing.

Background check

An investigation into a person's history, including criminal records.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law limits the number of temporary licenses an applicant can receive to two.
• It is not clear how many nursing homes will benefit from this change.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 24LSO-0149

Bill No.:

SF0006

Effective:

Immediately

LSO No.:

24LSO-0149

Enrolled Act No.:

SEA No. 0055

Chapter No.:

111

Prime Sponsor:

Joint Labor, Health & Social Services Interim Committee

Catch Title:

Nursing home administrators-temporary licenses.

Has Report:

No

Subject:

Temporary licensure of nursing home administrators.

Summary/Major Elements:

This act authorizes the Wyoming State Board of Nursing Home Administrators to issue temporary licenses for nursing home administrators.

First, the Board may issue a temporary license to an applicant for licensure who has provided all of the information required for licensure and is awaiting the results of the applicant’s criminal history record background check. The temporary license is valid until the Board receives the results of the applicant’s criminal history record background check and issues the applicant a license or denies the application for licensure.
Second, the Board may issue a temporary license to an applicant for licensure pending completion of the experience and examination requirements established by rule of the Board. The temporary license is valid for not more than six (6) months.
Third, the Board may issue a temporary license to an applicant for a temporary license who, by training or experience in the field of institutional administration, the Board determines is qualified to serve as the administrator of a nursing home that does not have a licensed nursing home administrator. The temporary license is valid for not more than six (6) months.

This act also specifies that the holder of a temporary license is authorized to serve as a nursing home administrator for the period that the temporary license is valid, and the holder of a temporary license is subject to the same standards of conduct imposed on license holders.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent.

While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

24LSO-0149

ORIGINAL Senate

ENGROSSED
File No
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SF0006

ENROLLED ACT NO. 55,

SENATE

SIXTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2024 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to professions and occupations; authorizing the board of nursing home administrators to issue temporary licenses for nursing home administrators as specified; making conforming amendments; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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W.S. 33
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111 is created to read:

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111.

Temporary licenses.

(a)

The board may issue a temporary license to an applicant for:

(i)

Licensure who has provided all of the information required for licensure and is awaiting the results of the applicant's criminal history record background check under W.S. 7
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201. A temporary license issued under this paragraph shall expire when the board receives the results of the applicant's criminal history record background check and issues the applicant a license or denies the application for licensure;

(ii)

Licensure pending completion of the experience and examination requirements established by rule of the board. A temporary license issued under this paragraph shall be valid for not more than six (6) months. No applicant shall receive more than two (2) separate temporary licenses under this paragraph; or

(iii)

A temporary license who, by training or experience in the field of institutional administration, the board determines is qualified to serve as the administrator of a nursing home that does not have a licensed nursing home administrator. A temporary license issued under this paragraph shall be valid for not more than six (6) months.

(b)

The holder of a temporary license under the provisions of this act shall be authorized to serve as a nursing home administrator for the period that the temporary license is valid.

(c)

The holder of a temporary license shall be subject to the standards of conduct imposed on a license holder under this act.

Section 2.

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108(a)(i) and 33
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110 are amended to read:

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108.

Powers and duties of board.

(a)

The board shall:

(i)

Develop, impose and enforce standards which must be met by individuals in order to receive a license
or temporary license
as a nursing home administrator, which standards shall be designed to insure that nursing home administrators will be individuals who have backgrounds that do not evidence conduct adverse to the practice of nursing home administration or to the ability to practice nursing home administration and are otherwise suitable, and who, by training or experience, in the field of institutional administration, are qualified to serve as nursing home administrators;

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110.

Misdemeanor.

It shall be unlawful and a misdemeanor for any person to act or serve in the capacity of a nursing home administrator unless he is the holder of a license
or temporary license
as a nursing home administrator, issued in accordance with the provisions of this act.

Section 3
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The board of nursing home administrators shall promulgate all rules necessary to implement the provisions of this act.

Section 4.

(a)

Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this act is effective July 1, 2024.

(b)

Sections 3 and 4 of this act are effective immediately upon the completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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