North Carolina

Requirements for Licensure as a Nursing Home Administrator

North Carolina Nursing Home Licensure Contact
Jane A. Baker
North Carolina State Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators
3733 National Drive, Suite 110
Raleigh, NC 27612

Phone: 919/571-4164
Fax: 919/571-4166
Email: ncbenha@mindspring.com
Web: http://www.ncbenha.org

North Carolina Nursing Home Education Requirements:
60 semester hours; 96 quarter hours - completion of prescribed course in basic nursing home administration. Two years of supervisory experience in a nursing home may be equated to one year of college.

North Carolina Nursing Home AIT Requirements:
Yes 480 - 2000 hours

North Carolina Nursing Home National Exam Required?
Yes

North Carolina Nursing Home State Exam Required?
Yes

North Carolina Nursing Home Continuing Education Required?
30 hours biennially

North Carolina Number Licensed Administrators:
830

North Carolina Number of NHA Licenses Issued Annually, Approximately:
59

North Carolina Number of Licensed Nursing Home Facilities:
415

Requirements for Qualification as an Assisted Living Administrator

Take LTCE 120 To Become Certified in North Carolina

North Carolina Assisted Living: Adult Care Licensure Section, Division of Health Service Regulation, 2708 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-2708North Carolina Assisted Living: Code: Assisted Living Residences Ch. 535, S.B., amending N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131D-2 et seq., Senate Bill 10 and House Bill 512, 1999

North Carolina Assisted Living: Reimbursement: Dept. of Human Services, 1985 Umstead Dr., P.O. Box 29529 Raleigh, NC 27626-0529

College Coursework

Appalachian State University

College of Health Sciences
Nutrition and Health Care Management
D.D. Dougherty Hall
Room 150
ASU Box 32170
Boone, NC 28608

Phone: (828) 262-8145
Web: http://healthsciences.appstate.edu/

Program: BACHELOR'S
Appalachian State University offers a Bachelor of Science in Health Care Management.

Methodist University
Charles M. Reeves School of
Business and Economics
5400 Ramsey St.
Fayetteville, NC 28311

Tel: (800) 488-7110
Email: mhsullivan@methodist.edu (Michael H. Sullivan)
Web: www.methodist.edu/hca

Program: BACHELOR'S
Methodist College's Reeves School of Business offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a concentration in health care administration of which long- term care administration is a sub-concentration.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
706 Greenwood Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-5923

Tel: (919) 815-0387
Fax: (919) 933-6825
Web: unc.edu

Program: BACHELOR'S, TWO MASTER'S, TWO DOCTORAL CONCENTRATIONS
The University of North Carolina offers the long-term care administration concentrations in the Bachelor of Science of Public Health, at the undergraduate level, and Master of Science in Public Health and Master's in Healthcare Administration degree at the graduate level. In addition, executive Master's programs are offered. Internships done simultaneously under the university and the state licensing board, together with the long term care administration concentration in each of these degrees qualifies graduates to sit for the state board licensure exam in North Carolina.

Winston-Salem State University
601 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
Winston-Salem, NC 27110

Phone: (336) 750-2000
Web: http://www.wssu.edu/school-health-sciences/default.aspx
Program: BACHELOR'S
Winston-Salem State University offers a Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Management. Healthcare management incorporates business managerial functions in healthcare and in healthcare related environments and is a diverse field with entry level career opportunities that support and assist in planning, directing, organizing, supervising, and evaluating in long-term care facilities, community/governmental agencies, small clinic offices, insurance companies, and hospitals.