The petitioner requests amendments to: 1) allow an administrator with one year of total experience to be preceptor; 2) to make it mandatory for an employer to inform the Board about employee work dates, and 3) to add other types of documents to prove work history.

In accordance with Virginia law, the petition was filed with the Register of Regulations and posted on the Virginia Regulatory Townhall at www.townhall.virginia.gov. The petition will be published on October 15, 2018, and comment will be requested from interested parties until November 14, 2018. The petition and copies of all comment will be considered by the Board of Long-Term Care Administrators at its meeting scheduled for December 13, 2018.  After considering the request and reviewing the comments, the Board will decision whether to initiate rule-making or deny the petition and retain the current requirements.

At its meeting today, the Board considered the petition and comments received and decided to retain the current requirements.  While members appreciated the petitioner's point of view, it was their conclusion that the requirement of one-year of full-time employment as an administrator is the minimal amount of experience necessary to adequately serve as a preceptor for an AIT.

 Additionally, the Board did not accept the request to require facilities to verify employment or to accept other means of verification.  This Board does not license or regulate the facilities, only the administrators of those facilities, and acceptance of pay stubs may not adequately provide evidence of full-time employment.