Sec.19a-519-2. Course in long-term care administration

A course in long term care administration, as used in Section 19a-512 of the Connecticut General Statutes, shall consist of two components: academic instruction in long term care administration and residency training in long term care administration.

(a) A course in long term care administration offered by an educational institution in Connecticut must be approved pursuant to Section 19a-519-4 of these regulations.

(b) The academic component of a course in long term care administration shall consist of a minimum of three (3) semester credit hours, or equivalent, of academic instruction in Administration and Management of Long Term Care Facilities within an accredited institution of higher education and shall include the following content areas: General Administration and Management of Long Term Care Facilities; Financial Management of Long Term Care Facilities; Laws and Regulations Governing Long Term Care Facilities; Personnel Management and Labor Relations in Long Term Care Facilities; Patient Care and Services; Long Term Care Planning and Delivery Systems; and Gerontology.

(c) The residency training in long term care administration, also referred to as the one year residency period required by Connecticut General Statutes Section 19a-512 (a) (2), shall consist of a program of at least nine hundred (900) clock hours of administrative training in a long-term care facility providing skilled nursing care twenty-four hours per day under medical supervision and direction, and shall be completed under the joint supervision and direction of a licensed nursing home administrator in such facility and the program director.

Such program shall include the following areas of experience: Administration, including Business Office, Human Resources, Management Information Processing, Marketing, Planning and Public Relations; Staff Development; Nursing Services; Medical and Professional Services; Rehabilitative Services, including Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech Therapy; Social Services; Medical Records; Recreation Therapy; Dietetics; and Physical Plant, including Maintenance, Housekeeping, Central Supply, and Laundry.

(d) In all cases, the trainee must receive approval of residency training from the program director prior to beginning the training. A minimum of four hundred fifty (450) clock hours of residency training shall be completed in a long-term care facility with which the trainee has no business or familial affiliation. Upon the prior written approval of the program director, the remaining four hundred fifty (450) clock hours can be completed in a facility where a business or familial affiliation does exist. A minimum of twenty (20) hours of residency training must be completed each week.

(e) The residency training shall not commence prior to the approved academic instruction. The residency training may commence concurrent with the approved academic instruction with the prior written approval of the program director.

(Effective October 30, 1987)