Section 840IAC1-1-6. Examination

   (a) Every applicant for a license as an HFA or RCA, after meeting the requirements for qualification as set forth in section 4 of this rule, shall pass successfully a written or oral examination, or both, at the discretion of the board that shall include, but need not be limited to, the following:

(1) Applicable standards of environmental health and safety.

(2) Local health and safety regulation.

(3) General administration.

(4) Psychology of patient care.

(5) Principles of medical care.

(6) Pharmaceutical services and drug handling.

(7) Personal and social care.

(8) Therapeutic and supportive care and services in long-term care.

(9) Departmental organization and management.

(10) Community interrelationships.

  (b) Every applicant for an HFA or RCA license shall be required to pass the examination for the license with a grade established by the board in accordance with methods and procedures set up by the board.

  (c) All applications for the examination must be complete in every respect, including accompanying data and the required fee, at least thirty (30) days before the examination for which application is being made. Any applicant whose application does not meet these requirements will not be permitted to take the examination.

  (d) An applicant who does not pass the licensing examination in the first attempt shall be entitled to take it two (2) additional times. However, an applicant must successfully pass the licensure examination within one (1) calendar year from the date of sitting for the exam.

  (e) If an applicant exhausts all of the examination attempts within the one (1) year allowed under subsection (d), the applicant shall appear before the board and may be required to submit the following:

(1) Proof of the completion of at least two hundred (200) contact hours of continuing education approved by the board.

(2) A new application for entry into the administrator-in-training program.

(3) Proof of completion of the required administrator-in-training program.

In addition, the applicant shall meet all other licensing requirements in force and effect at the time of reapplication. (Indiana State Board of Health Facility Administrators; Rule 7; filed May 26, 1978, 9:09 a.m.: 1 IR 246; filed May 18, 1979, 9:02 a.m.: 2 IR 842; filed May 2, 1985, 10:33 a.m.: 8 IR 1148; filed Sep 29, 1987, 2:08 p.m.: 11 IR 794; readopted filed May 1, 2002, 10:35 a.m.: 25 IR 2857; filed Feb 6, 2004, 9:15 a.m.: 27 IR 1880; filed Jul 9, 2007, 8:58 a.m.: 20070808-IR-840060513FRA; filed Jan 27, 2009, 9:50 a.m.: 20090225-IR-840080216FRA; readopted filed Nov 13, 2015, 11:18 a.m.: 20151209-IR-840150244RFA)