New Jersey § 30:11-21

§ 30:11-21.

The nursing home administrator's licensing board shall have the following responsibilities

and duties; a. Develop, and promulgate by regulation approved by the State Board of Control standards

which must be met by individuals in order to receive a license as a nursing home administrator,

which standards shall be designed to insure that nursing home administrators will

be individuals who are of good character and are otherwise suitable, and who, by training,

experience and education in the field of institutional administration, are qualified

to serve as nursing home administrators; b. Develop and apply appropriate techniques, including examinations and investigations

for determining whether an individual meets such standards; c. Issue licenses to individuals determined to meet such standards and recommend to

the State Board of Control or the Commissioner of the Department of Institutions and

Agencies the revocation, suspension or denial of licenses to be issued or previously

issued by the board in any case where the individual holding any such license is determined

substantially to have failed to conform to the requirements of such standards; d. Establish and carry out procedures designed to insure that individuals licensed

as nursing home administrators will, during any period that they serve as such, comply

with the requirements of such standards; e. Receive, investigate, and take appropriate action with respect to any charge or

complaint filed with the board to the effect that any individual licensed as a nursing

home administrator has failed to comply with the requirements of such standards; f. Conduct a continuing study and investigation of nursing homes and administrators

of nursing homes within the state with a view to the improvement of the standards

imposed for the licensing of such administrators and of procedures and methods for

the enforcement of such standards with respect to administrators of nursing homes

who have been licensed as such; g. To study and identify the core of knowledge that should constitute minimally the

training in the field of institutional administration which should qualify an individual

to serve as a nursing home administrator; h. To study and develop model techniques for determining whether an individual possesses

such qualifications; i. To study and develop model criteria for programs of training and to recommend such

programs of training and instruction for those desiring to pursue a career in nursing

home administration.