I support replacing the national examination required for assisted living administraors with an examination based on Virginia's regulartions for the following reasons:
What is most pertinent to an administrator of assisted living in Virginia are the regulations for the Commonwealth of Virginia, not federal standards;
Virginia already faces a shortage of administrators for assisted living and making the licensure requirements more rigorous will discourage persons from other states from coming to Virginia for this line of work, as well as cause some of those currently working in Virginia to go to other states;
Out of 50 states, only two others require the federal examination. A third state that did use the federal standards has since rescinded that requirment in favor of state examination.
The cost of the national examination and study guide are prohibitively expensive, and many outstanding and experienced administrators may not be able to afford to take the exam.
Both the assisted living industry, nor Governor Tim Kaine support the use of the state examination.
