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Administrator Certification Program
The Administrator Certification Program is legislatively mandated and is designed and intended to upgrade the knowledge and educational levels of persons currently employed as administrators and persons wishing to become administrators of Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly (RCFE), Adult Residential Facilities (ARF), and Group Homes (GH) through a certification process. Administrators are individuals designated by licensees to act on behalf of the licensee in the overall management of their facilities. Licensees and administrators may be one and the same person.
The Administrator Certification Program is administered by the Administrator Certification Section (ACS) of the Community Care Licensing Division, Technical Assistance and Policy Branch, Technical Assistance Bureau. The ACS is comprised of the certification and vendor units. The ACS is also legislatively mandated to approve/disapprove all vendors of 35/40 hour initial and continuing education training programs, which includes courses and instructors.
Click on the following hyperlinks for more information:
- How to become a certified administrator
- Initial Administrator Test Procedures and Protocol
- Statewide Testing Schedule and Regional Office Contact Information
- Has my initial administrator test been scored?
- Administrator Certification Renewal Application Process
- List of Approved Vendor Continuing Education Courses
- Information Regarding Pending Applications
- How do I become a vendor?
- Vendor Guideline and Procedures
- Certification and Vendor Forms
- List of Approved Vendors
- Vendor Analysts Caseload Assignments
- Application Processing Delays
- Fees
- Address Change/Name Changes/Replacement Certificate
- Extension Request
- Administrator Qualifications, Duties and Recertification Regulations
- Core of Knowledge Requirements
- List of Certified Administrators (2MB filesize)
- Contact Information