Commenter:
Nona Kahn, Spring Arbor of Richmond Residential and Assisted Living
Virginia assisted living administrators licensing
As an assisted living facility professional, I would like to add my support to replacing the
national examination required for assisted living administrators with an
examination based on Virginia's regulations. Some of the reasons for my support are listed below:
1) The assisted living industry is regulated by the Commonwealth of
Virginia, not by federal standards.
2) There is already a labor shortage of assisted living
administrators due to several factors including the lack of desire from persons in other states to come to Virginia due to stringent requirements to become licensed
3) Only two other states require the national examination to license
assisted living administrators. A third state required the examination until
recently when they changed their regulations to require a state examination.
4) The cost of the national exam and study guide is approximately
$400, which is cost prohibitive for many individuals who must pay the costs
themselves. This financial restriction will result in theloss of compassionate
and outstanding administrators who can not afford the costs.
5) The assisted living industry does not support a national
examination.
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to share my thoughts.
