(a) The administrator and alternate administrator of
a center must have two years of experience in supervision and management
in a pediatric health care setting and meet one of the following criteria:
(1) be a physician licensed in Texas to practice medicine
in accordance with Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 155;
(2) be an RN with a master's or baccalaureate degree
in nursing and be licensed under the Nursing Practice Act, Texas Occupations
Code, Chapter 301, with no disciplinary actions;
(3) be a college graduate with a bachelor's degree
with one additional year of supervision or management experience in
a health care setting;
(4) have an associate's degree in health care or administration
with two additional years of supervision or management experience
in a health care setting; or
(5) have an associate's degree in nursing and currently
licensed under the Nursing Practice Act, Texas Occupations Code, Chapter
301, with no disciplinary action with two additional years of supervision
or management experience in a health care setting.
(b) The administrator and the alternate administrator
of a center must be at least 25 years of age.
(c) An administrator and alternate administrator of
a center must meet the initial training requirements specified in
§15.305 of this division (relating to Initial Training in Administration)
and the continuing training requirements specified in §15.306
of this division (relating to Continuing Training in Administration).
(d) A person is not eligible to be the administrator
or alternate administrator of a center if the person was the administrator
of a center cited with a violation that resulted in DADS taking enforcement
action against the center while the person was the administrator of
the cited center.
(1) This subsection applies for 12 months after the
date of the enforcement action.
(2) For purposes of this subsection, enforcement action
means license suspension, licensure revocation, emergency suspension
of a license, denial of an application for a license, or the issuance
of an injunction. Enforcement action does not include administrative
or civil penalties.
(e) An administrator or alternate administrator must
not be convicted of an offense described in §99.2 of this title
(relating to Convictions Barring Licensure) during the time frames
described in that chapter.
(f) The designated administrator and alternate administrator
of a center must be full-time employees of the center.
(g) The designated administrator or alternate administrator
may serve as the nursing director or alternate nursing director if
the administrator or alternate administrator meets the nursing director
qualifications as described in §15.309 of this division (relating
to Nursing Director and Alternate Nursing Director Qualifications
and Conditions).
(h) The designated administrator or alternate administrator
may be included in the center's staffing ratio if:
(1) the administrator or alternate administrator is
a licensed nurse or meets the qualifications in §15.409 of this
subchapter (relating to Direct Care Staff Qualifications); and
(2) the center's actual census is less than four minors.
(i) The designated administrator or alternate administrator
must not be included in the center's staffing ratios when functioning
as the nursing director or alternate nursing director.
(j) The designated administrator must manage only one
center.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §550.303 adopted to be effective September 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 6569; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the Texas Register April 12, 2019, 44 TexReg 1875 |