Residential Care Administrator

Exam

Third-party exam

Education

Degree

Experience

Experience

Background check

None

840 IAC 1-1-4 Qualifications for licensure Authority: IC 25-19-1-4 Affected: IC 25-19-1-3 Sec. 4. (a) All applicants for licensure as an HFA must have completed, at the time of application, the requirements of IC 25- 19-1- 3(a)(1) and any of the following educational attainments and administrator-in-training programs...(e) Applicants for licensure by endorsement as an RCA may request that the board consider previous experience to satisfy the requirements of subsection (d). Educational and AIT requirements may be satisfied by two (2) years of active work experience as a licensed residential care administrator in another state. Evidence must be presented to the board demonstrating competency of practice. (f) Applicants for licensure as an RCA may request that the board consider previous experience to satisfy the AIT requirements of subsection (d). AIT requirements may be satisfied by any of the following: (1) One (1) year of active work experience as a licensed RCA. (2) Completion of a training program required for licensure as an RCA in another state that is determined by the board to be equivalent to the AIT requirements of this state. (3) Completion of a residency-internship in health care administration completed as part of a degree requirement of subsection (d)(1) and (d)(2) that is determined by the board to be equivalent to the AIT requirements of this state. (4) One (1) year of active work experience as a chief executive officer or chief operations officer in a hospital. (5) A master's degree in health care administration and six (6) months of active work experience as a licensed RCA in another state. (g) The board may waive portions of the required training hours, up to thirty percent (30%), for an HFA or RCA applicant, based upon criteria approved by the board, provided the applicant's experience under consideration is verifiable to the board's satisfaction.