Massachusetts

Requirements for Licensure as a Nursing Home Administrator

Massachusetts Nursing Home Licensure Contact
Maura Drury
Massachusetts Board of Registration of Nursing Home Administrators
239 Causeway Street, Suite 200
Boston, MA 02114

Phone: 617/973-0806
Fax: 617/973-0982
Email: Maura.C.Drury@state.ma.us
Web: http://www.mass.gov/dph/boards

Massachusetts Nursing Home Education Requirements:
Masters degree in health care administration, business or management, plus three month AIT program; or baccalaureate degree plus six month AIT program.

Massachusetts Nursing Home AIT Requirements:
6 months with BA

Massachusetts Nursing Home National Exam Required?
Yes

Massachusetts Nursing Home State Exam Required?
No

Massachusetts Nursing Home Continuing Education Required?
40 hours biennially

Massachusetts Number Licensed Administrators:
2825

Requirements for Qualification as an Assisted Living Administrator

Massachusetts Assisted Living: Contact
Beth Shelton, Exec. Office of Elder Affairs, Tel. 617-727-7750 Fax 617-727-9368

Massachusetts Assisted Living: Division of Health Care Quality, 10 West St., 5th Fl., Boston, MA 02111
617-727-5860

Massachusetts Assisted Living: Code: Assisted Living Residences, Mass. Gen. L. Ann. ch. 19D § 1 et seq.; Mass Regs. Code titl 651, § 12.00 et seq.

Massachusetts Assisted Living: Reimbursement: Dept. of Public Welfare, 600 Washington St., Boston, MA 12111
617-348-5691

Massachusetts Assisted Living: Administrator Overview
Be 21 and have experience satisfactory to the State.

College Coursework

Stonehill College
Department of Healthcare Administration
320 Washington Street
Easton, MA 02357

Phone: (508) 565-1122
Web: http://www.stonehill.edu/x17903.xml

Program: BACHELOR'S
The primary objectives of the Health Care Administration major are: to prepare the student for leadership and service in entry level employment in health care direct service and support organizations in the private and public sectors; to prepare the student for Graduate study in health and human services related support professions and businesses, or certain medical provider roles; to prepare the student to be an innovative and a positive force for ethical, constructive change in the health and human services systems.