Qualifications, Education and Duties of an
Assisted Living Manager*
This section describes the legally required education, ongoing
training, and basic duties required of an assisted living manager.
Each facility must designate, in writing, a manager to have
authority over the operation.
(A) Qualifications. In small facilities,
the manager must have proof of graduation from an accredited high
school or certification of equivalency of graduation. In large
facilities, a manager must have:
(i) an associate's degree in nursing, health
care management, or a related field;
(ii) a bachelor's degree; or
(iii) proof of graduation from an accredited high school or
certification of equivalency of graduation and at least one year
of experience working in management or in health care industry
management.
(B) Training in management of assisted living
facilities. After August 1, 2000, a manager must have
completed at least one educational course on the management of
assisted living facilities, which must include information on the
assisted living standards; resident characteristics (including
dementia), resident assessment and skills working with residents;
basic principles of management; food and nutrition services;
federal laws, with an emphasis on the Americans with Disabilities
Act's accessibility requirements; community resources; ethics, and
financial management.
(i) The course must be at least 24 hours in
length. (I) Eight hours of training on the assisted living
standards must be completed within the first three months of
employment.
(II) The 24-hour training requirement may not be met through
in-services at the facility, but may be met through structured,
formalized classes, correspondence courses, training videos,
distance learning programs, or off-site training courses. All
training must be provided or produced by academic institutions,
assisted living corporations, or recognized state or national
organizations or associations. Subject matter that deals with
the internal affairs of an organization will not qualify for
credit.
(III) Evidence of training must be on file at the facility and
must contain documentation of content, hours, dates, and
provider.
(ii) Managers hired after August 1, 2000, who can show
documentation of a previously completed comparable course of
study are exempt from the training requirements.
(iii) Managers hired after August 1, 2000, must complete the
course by the first anniversary of employment as manager.
(iv) An assisted living manager who was employed by a licensed
assisted living facility on August 1, 2000, is exempt from the
training requirement. An assisted living manager who was
employed by a licensed assisted living facility as the manager
before August 1, 2000, and changes employment to another
licensed assisted living facility as the manager, with a break
in employment of no longer than 30 days, is also exempt from the
training requirement.
(C) Continuing education. All managers
must show evidence of 12 hours of annual continuing education.
This requirement will be met during the first year of employment
by the 24-hour assisted living management course. The annual
continuing education requirement must include at least two of the
following areas:
(i) resident and provider rights and
responsibilities, abuse/neglect, and confidentiality;
(ii) basic principles of management;
(iii) skills for working with residents, families, and other
professional service providers;
(iv) resident characteristics and needs;
(v) community resources;
(vi) accounting and budgeting;
(vii) basic emergency first aid; or
(viii) federal laws, such as Americans with Disabilities Act,
Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Rehabilitation Act of 1993, Family
and Medical Leave Act of 1993, and the Fair Housing Act.
D) Manage(r's responsibilities. The
manager must be on duty 40 hours per week and may manage only one
facility, except for managers of small Type A facilities, who may
have responsibility for no more than 16 residents in no more than
four facilities. The managers of small Type A facilities must be
available by telephone or pager when conducting facility business
off-site.
(E) Manager's absence. An employee competent and authorized
to act in the absence of the manager must be designated in
writing.
*From: Texas Department of Aging and Disability
Services (DADS) Licensing Standards for Assisted Living Facilities
Subchapter A, §92.41
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