S.C. Code Regs. § § 93-50

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 10, October 25, 2024

Section 93-50 - General Definitions

Whenever used in these regulations, unless expressly stated otherwise, or unless the context or subject matter requires a different meaning, the following terms shall have the respective meanings hereinafter set forth or indicated:

A. "Administrator-in-Training (AIT)" is a person participating in a Board-approved training program within a nursing home or a community residential care facility under the supervision of a Board-approved preceptor.

B. "Applicant" means a person who submits all materials necessary for evaluation of credentials including an application form, references, college or university transcripts, fees, and if applicable, a request for a provisional license.

C. "Continuing education credit" is defined as one contact hour of a planned program of teaching-learning that has been approved by an organization empowered by the Board to award credit for continuing education.

D. "Direct Resident Care Responsibilities" shall mean activities performed by a caregiver that are specific to a resident. Direct care activities are as follows:

(1) "Hands-on" care of physical assistance, including, but not limited to, assistance with activities of daily living (e.g. bathing, dressing, eating, range of motion, toileting, transferring and ambulation); assistance with medical treatments and/or medication administration;

(2) Assistance with physical or psychosocial assessments; and

(3) Documentation, if conducted for treatment or care purposes.

E. "Dual licensee" means a person who holds a license as a nursing home administrator and a community residential care facility administrator.

F. "Equitably distributed" means either:

(1) Four (4) hours may be scheduled each day, Monday through Friday, or

(2) Up to five (5) hours can be accumulated on Saturday and Sunday, and, if hours are accumulated on weekends, the hours worked Monday through Friday must be distributed over portions of at least three days.

G. "Full-time" means no fewer than thirty (30) hours per week.

H. "Health Services Executive" (HSE) is an individual who has completed the qualification requirements through the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB). It is not a license and does not grant the holder of this qualification any additional privilege under the statute.

I. "Inactive license" means a license issued to an administrator who is not working as an administrator in a nursing home or as an administrator in a community residential care facility.

J. "Licensee" means an approved applicant who has passed the examination, as prescribed by the Board, has paid all the fees, and has been issued a current license by the Board.

K. "Normal Business Hours" means the hours between 0700 (7:00 a.m.) and 1900 (7:00 p.m.).

L. "On site or available" means accessible directly or by electronic means and able to respond immediately.

M. "Person" means an individual and does not include the following: a firm, a corporation, an association, a partnership, or any other group of individuals.

N. "Practice of nursing home administration" means the managing, supervising or general administration of a nursing home.

O. "Practice of community residential care facility administration" means the managing, supervising or general administration of a community residential care facility.

P. "Preceptor" is a person who is a licensed nursing home administrator or a licensed community residential care facility administrator and meets the requirements of the Board to supervise an administrator-in-training during the training period as delineated in 93-80.

Q. "Provisional license" means a temporary license that is issued when substantiated by need when an applicant who meets licensure qualifications has not passed the required examinations. A provisional license may only be issued to qualified applicants when a licensed facility is unexpectedly without a licensed administrator in charge.

S.C. Code Regs. § 93-50

Added by State Register Volume 7, Issue No. 4, eff April 22, 1983. Amended by State Register Volume 17, Issue No. 6, eff June 25, 1993; State Register Volume 21, Issue No. 6, Part 2, eff June 27, 1997; State Register Volume 28, Issue No. 4, eff April 23, 2004; State Register Volume 36, Issue No. 6, eff June 22, 2012; State Register Volume 40, Issue No. 04, eff. 4/22/2016; State Register Volume 44, Issue No. 06, eff. 6/26/2020; State Register Volume 47, Issue No. 05, eff. 5/26/2023.