S99 - Appropriations Act of 2018. (SL 2018-5)

Overview: Sec. 11G.1 of S.L. 2018-5, as amended by Sec. 3.8 of S.L. 2018-97, amends the definition of "administrator" in G.S. 131D-2 as it pertains to the licensing of adult care homes, and adds a new statute to Article 20A, Chapter 90, pertaining nursing home administrators serving as adult care home administrators. The new statute (G.S. 90-288.14A) allows the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to approve as an adult care home administrator any individual licensed as a nursing home administrator who within 90 calendar days after commencing employment as an adult care home administrator successfully completes the written exam administered by DHHS for assisted living administrator certification. The conforming change to G.S. 131D-2 defines an adult care home administrator as a person approved by DHHS as an assisted living administrator (under G.S. 90-288.14) or an adult care home administrator (under G.S. 90-288.14A).

This section as amended became effective July 1, 2018.