Nursing Home Administrator
- Exam
- Third-party exam
- Education
- Degree
- Experience
- None
- Background check
- None
A nursing home administrator means any individual responsible for planning, organizing, directing and controlling the operation of a nursing home, or who in fact performs such functions, whether or not such functions are shared by one or more other persons. Only an individual who has qualified as a licensed and registered nursing home administrator under Chapter 456 of the Wisconsin Statutes and who holds a valid current registration certificate under this chapter may use the title Nursing Home Administrator or the abbreviation NHA after their name. Further details of license requirements may be found in NHA 4 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code.
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Stand-alone license
- Exam
- Third-party exam required
- Education
- Degree required
- Continuing education
- No continuing education requirement
- Certification
- No mention of certification
- Experience
- No experience
- Background check
- No criminal record requirements
Issuing body
- Department
- WI Department of Safety and Professional Services
- Division
- Division of Professional Credential Processing
- Address
- 1400 E. Washington Ave. P.O. Box 8935 Madison, WI 53708
- Phone
- (608) 266-2112
- Agency website
- https://dsps.wi.gov/Pages/Professions/Default.aspx
- Last updated
- December 1, 2020
Occupations (O*NET)
- Nursing Home Administrator 11-9111.00
Source and verification
This record is Wisconsin's report to the Analyst Resource Center, published by CareerOneStop (October 2024 export). Everything shown comes only from that report.
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