Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Long-Term Care Administrators
 
chapter
Regulations Governing the Practice of Assisted Living Facility Administrators [18 VAC 95 ‑ 30]
Action Requirements for licensure
Stage Proposed
Comment Period Ended on 9/22/2006
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9/19/06  12:00 am
Commenter: Patricia Swan, First Colonial Inn

Domains of Practice, 18VAC95-30-160
 
I appreciate the complexity of the task undertaken by these proposed regulations. As a future Assisted Living Administrator I have spent some time studying the various pathways toward licensure outlined therein. I hold a bachelor's degree from the College of William and Mary, in Biology, and am in the process of completing the Certificate course offered by the Assisted Living Credentialing Center, but I am not the administrator of record at my community. I am the Marketing Director. As I read the licensure requirements as proposed, I would be required to complete an internship under the direction of either my Executive Director, a licensed Nursing Home Administrator, or my Assited Living Director, who is eligible for licensure since she has been the administrator or record for two of the past three years. Either of these preceptors would have to be registered with the Board, and a written plan for my internship would have to be approved before I can begin my training. I am very willing to undergo the preceptorship; I find it entirely reasonable. My major concern is that in section 18VAC95-30-100 there is a reference to the Domains of Practice that should be included in the internship planning, and the section where the Domains of Practice are to be defined, section 18VAC95-30-160, defines the Domains so broadly I am having difficulty beginning the construction of a training plan. My assumption would be that the areas outlined in 18VAC95-30-100, subsection 3, part C, items 1-6, would be a good start. Perhaps a little more definition would be helpful to those of us wishing to begin the development of a training program before the regulations are finalized. Thank you.
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