How to Get Licensed in Florida to Be a Health-Care Administrator

Healthcare administrators work at all types of health-care facilities ensuring that the best possible standards of patient care is provided. They must do this while keeping in mind costs, efficiency and constantly changing laws and regulations. According to Florida Area Health Education Centers, administrators at nursing homes and long-term care sites are the only healthcare administrators in the state who need a license. Applicants for licensure must meet the requirements set by the Medical Quality Assurance division of the Florida Board of Nursing Home Administrators.

Instructions

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  Check the license-application requirements on the Florida Board of Nursing Home Administrators website to familiarize yourself with the information you'll have to provide and the testing requirements. Applicants must have at least one year of management experience at a skilled-nursing facility, hospital, hospice, assisted-living facility with at least 60 licensed beds or a geriatric residential-treatment program, according to Florida state law.

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  Take the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB) exam. You can apply online at NAB's website. The site also provides a handbook and useful information to help you prepare for the exam. The national and Florida-laws exams are administered by computer through the Sylvan Prometric Multi-State Network of Testing Centers. NAB will provide you with a list of testing sites once you are registered to take the exams.

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  Follow up with the Medical Quality Assurance division of the Florida Board of Nursing Home Administrators once you have passed the NAB exams. Pay the license fee and have your license issued. The department phone number is 850-488-0595, or write:

  Florida Department of Health Board of Nursing Home Administrators

  Medical Quality Assurance and Licensure Division

  4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin # C01

  Tallahassee, FL 32399-3251