| (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,
an applicant seeking a license as a nursing facility administrator
(NFA) from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) must
pass the following examinations:
(1) the state examination on nursing facility requirements
in Texas; and
(2) the NAB examinations.
(b) An applicant who meets the academic and internship
requirements by presenting evidence of a health services executive
(HSE) qualification must pass the state examination.
(c) An applicant registers for examination at the designated
NAB website by:
(1) submitting an application for approval to take
the examination; and
(2) paying the applicable state examination and NAB
examination fees online.
(d) HHSC sends an e-mail notifying an applicant of
the applicant's eligibility to take the examinations.
(e) An applicant must not take any examination without
HHSC approval.
(f) An applicant with a disability, including an applicant
with dyslexia as defined in Texas Education Code §51.970 (relating
to Instructional Material for Blind and Visually Impaired Students
and Students with Dyslexia), may request a reasonable accommodation
for the examination under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
(g) An applicant completes the online state and NAB
examinations.
(h) HHSC notifies an applicant of examination scores
after receiving examination results.
(i) An applicant who fails an examination and wants
to retake it must pay the appropriate state or NAB examination fee
for each exam.
(j) An applicant who fails the state or NAB examination
three consecutive times must complete an additional 1,000-hour administrator-in-training
internship before retaking the examination.
(k) An applicant previously licensed as an NFA and
whose license expired 365 or more days before the applicant reapplies
for a license or who voluntarily surrendered the license must retake
the state examination to obtain a new license.
(l) An applicant previously licensed as an NFA and
whose license expired 365 or more days before the applicant reapplies
for a license, or who voluntarily surrendered the license, must retake
the NAB examination to obtain a new license if more than five years
have passed since the applicant passed the NAB examination.
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