Board of Nursing Home Administrators

The purpose of the Board of Nursing Home Administrators is to protect and advocate for Missouri’s nursing home residents by licensing prospective and current nursing home administrators to ensure the highest quality of care and life in Missouri’s nursing homes. A nursing home administrator is someone who administers, manages, supervises, or is in general administrative charge of a nursing home (skilled care, intermediate care, and residential care facility II).

Duties and responsibilities of the Board of Nursing Home Administrators are to develop and enforce standards for nursing home administrators; formulate appropriate examinations, and; issue, renew, and discipline licenses. The board investigates complaints; evaluates and approves continuing education courses to meet license renewal requirements; controls a trainee program for prospective nursing home administrators; and maintains a register of all licensed nursing home administrators including applicants practicing under a temporary emergency license.

Statutory authority is found in Chapter 344., Revised Statutes of Missouri.