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Administrator Certification Program

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Pursuant to Executive Order S-13-09, State offices will be closed on Furlough Fridays.

To ensure the health and safety of clients in care, Community Care Licensing offices will be closed to walk-in public but will operate with a limited number of staff to respond to emergency situations on the Furlough Fridays.

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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.

Administrator Information                              Vendor Information

Administrator Information:

  1. How to become a certified administrator  
  2. Statewide Testing Schedule and Regional Office Contact Information
  3. Initial Administrator Test Procedures and Protocol
  4. Has my initial administrator test been scored?  
  5. Certification Forms
  6. Application Processing Delays
  7. Administrator Certification Renewal Application Process
  8. Information Regarding Pending Applications
  9. Administrator Qualifications, Duties, and Recertification Regulations
  10. List of Approved Vendors
  11. List of Approved Continuing Education Vendor Courses  
  12. Core of Knowledge Requirements
  13. List of Certified Administrators  (1.84MB filesize)
  14. Fees
  15. Address Change/Name Changes/Replacement Certificate
  16. Extension Request
  17. Contact Information

Vendor Information:

  1. How do I become a training vendor?
  2. Vendor Guidelines and Procedures
  3. Vendor Forms
  4. Core of Knowledge Requirements
  5. Fees
  6. Vendor Updates
  7. Vendor Analysts Caseload Assignments
  8. List of Approved Vendor Continuing Education Courses
  9. List of Approved Vendors
  10. Contact Information
  11. Initial and Continuing Education Vendor Regulations
  12. RCFE CEU VENDOR Special Project

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