Board of Examiners for Nursing Facility Administrators public meetings in 2022
4 substantive meetings from 2022, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Board of Examiners for Nursing Facility Administrators
The Board voted to ask the state legislature to allow experienced administrators with 10 years of service to waive bachelor's degree requirements. Other actions included approving the FY 2022 and FY 2023 budgets and re-issuing a suspended provisional license with performance monitoring.
- Approved request to seek state legislature approval for 10-year experience waiver of education requirements (7-2-1)
- Approved FY 2022 budget (unanimous)
- Approved FY 2023 budget (unanimous)
- Re-issued suspended provisional license for Appellant 2022-1 with requirement for semi-annual performance meetings (passed, 1 abstention)
- Approved licensure applications for Clayton David, William Dornan, Jacob Luke Jones, Daniel Stanley, Josh Sanders, Amanda Isaac, Meaghan Ponder, and Katlin Guin (unanimous)
- Approved training module waivers for Craig Romero and Delisa Davis (unanimous)
- Approved reciprocity licensure for Angela Carney (unanimous)
- Approved proposal for Interim Executive Director to work from home Mondays and Fridays (unanimous)
Board of Examiners for Nursing Facility Administrators
The Board approved several licensure exam and waiver applications and swore in two new members. It also granted Chair Jamie Shelton authority to make personnel decisions concerning the executive director and assistant executive director. The Board accepted reports from the Executive Director, Education Committee, and Finance Committee.
- Approved May 2, 2022 and June 15, 2022 meeting minutes (unanimous)
- Sworn in board members Eddie Borland and Alvin A. Breaux, Jr.
- Accepted Finance Committee Report (unanimous)
- Approved quarterly examination applications en globo (unanimous)
- Approved waiver applications for Danielle Yenuganti, David J. Eley, and Joyce Course (unanimous)
- Tabled waiver application for Link Martin to next available agenda
- Authorized Chair Shelton to make personnel decisions regarding the executive director, assistant executive director, and Legislative Auditor investigations (unanimous)
- Authorized payment for all lawful meeting expenses (unanimous)
Board of Examiners for Nursing Facility Administrators
The Board enacted temporary emergency fiscal controls and updated its Policy and Procedure Manual in response to a Louisiana Legislative Auditor's report. These measures include stricter spending authorizations and new data sanitization standards.
- Approved retroactive adoption of May 27, 2022 Plan of Correction and emergency fiscal controls (Unanimous)
- Approved requirement for written authorization from Chair, Vice Chair, or Board for expenses over $500 (Unanimous)
- Approved adoption of data sanitization best practices required by LPAA, OTS, and DOA (Unanimous)
- Approved that emergency controls expire Nov 30, 2022, unless extended by Chair or Vice Chair (Unanimous)
- Approved requirement for two authorized signatures on all disbursed checks (Unanimous)
- Approved payment for all lawful meeting expenses (Unanimous)
- Adopted agenda (Unanimous)
Board of Examiners for Nursing Facility Administrators
The Board of Examiners of Nursing Facility Administrators approved 10 new licensure applications and denied one application for reciprocal licensure. The board also elected Jamie Shelton as Chairman and Jack Sanders as Vice Chairman. Additionally, the board approved expenditures for office supplies and meeting expenses.
- Approved minutes of November 10, 2021 meeting (unanimous)
- Elected Jamie Shelton as Chairman and Jack Sanders as Vice Chairman (unanimous)
- Approved seeking a legislative sponsor for a resolution honoring late chairman Earl Thibodaux (unanimous)
- Approved expenditure for printer and office supplies (unanimous)
- Approved 10 licensure applications en globo (unanimous)
- Denied reciprocal licensure application of Dr. J. Shrewsbury (unanimous)
- Approved expenditures for meeting expenses (unanimous)