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District of Columbia

Requirements for Licensure as a Nursing Home Administrator

District of Columbia Nursing Home Licensure Contact
Bonnie Rampersaud
Executive Director
DC Board of NHA
717 14th Street, NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20005

Phone: 202-724-7332
Fax: 202-727-8471
Web: http://www.hpla.doh.dc.gov

District of Columbia Nursing Home Education Requirements:
BA degree - 3 hours of credit required in accounting, human resources or personnel management, management, gerontology, health care law or health care ethics, and management of long term care institutions.

District of Columbia Nursing Home AIT Requirements:
One year

District of Columbia Nursing Home National Exam Required?
Yes

District of Columbia Nursing Home State Exam Required?
Yes

District of Columbia Nursing Home Continuing Education Required?
40 hours biennially

District of Columbia Total Number Nursing Home Administrators:
76

District of Columbia Number of NHA Licenses Issued Annually, Approximately:
5

Requirements for Qualification as an Assisted Living Administrator

D.C. Assisted Living: Public Health and Medicine, Dept. of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, 614 H St., NW, Room 1031, Wash., DC 20002
202-727-7226

D.C. Assisted Living: Code: Community Residence Facility. Effective August, 1986.

D.C. Assisted Living: Reimbursement: DC Dept. of Human Services, Commission on Health Care Finance, 2100 ML King, Jr. Ave. SE, Suite 302, Wash. DC 20020 .

College Coursework

The George Washington University
Department of Health Services Management and LeadershipRoss Hall
2300 Eye Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037

Tel. 202-994-2160
Web: http://sphhs.gwumc.edu/

Contact person:
Kurt Darr, JD, MHA, ScD
Professor, Department of Health Services Management and Leadership

Program: Graduate Certificate
All School of Public Health and Health Services graduate students may add a Graduate Certificate to their program.
The program may be completed in 15 months plus a one-year residency in a long term care facility. The university was founded in 1821, is private, non-sectarian, located in downtown Washington, DC near the White House.

Courses Available for DistrictofColumbia

Contact your state board to see if any of the following classes might qualify.