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The Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators regulates and licenses nursing home administrators. The Board does not regulate assisted living administrators or home health care providers. The mission of the Board is to safeguard the health, safety, and welfare of the people of Colorado by developing and maintaining rules and policies to ensure that only qualified persons are licensed to practice as nursing home administrators and that violators of the laws and rules regulating nursing home administration are sanctioned as appropriate.
Board activities include licensing nursing home administrators, investigating complaints about the licensed and unlicensed practice of nursing home administration, disciplining violators of the law and/or the Board's Rules. Activities also include making, amending, and adopting reasonable rules and regulations governing the conduct of nursing home administrators. The Board is made up of five members: three nursing home administrators and two public members.
Program Information
- Program/Board Members
Karen Phelan, Program Director
Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators
1560 Broadway, Suite 1350
Denver, CO 80202Phone: 303-894-7800 | Fax: 303-894-7764 | Email: dora_nha@state.co.us
Board Members:
- Layne Mielke, Chair
Public Member | Term Expires: July 1, 2028 - Melodie Sedillo, NHA, Vice Chair
Professional Member | Term Expires: July 1, 2027 - Don Backstrom, NHA
Professional Member | Term Expires: July 1, 2025 - Jarom Eberhard, NHA
Professional Member | Term Expires: July 1, 2027 - Mark O'Neill, RPh
Public Member | Term Expires: July 1, 2028
- Layne Mielke, Chair
- Public Notices
Nursing Home Admin – Stakeholder Meeting – February 03, 2025
The purpose of this Stakeholder Meeting is for the Board to receive feedback regarding proposed revisions to Rule 1.7 - LICENSURE BY EXAMINATION and Rule 1.8 - LICENSURE BY ENDORSEMENT. The purpose is to address and clarify current competency requirements for licensure.
- Monday, February 03, 2025, at 11:00 A.M. (MDT)
- Stakeholder Meeting Notice (opens in new window)
- Webinar Registration
- Draft Rules
- Written Comments
- Stakeholder Meeting Recorder - February 3, 2025
Permanent Rulemaking Hearing – April 24, 2024
The purpose of this Rulemaking Hearing is for the Board to decide on proposed revisions to Rule 1.15 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR PRESCRIPTIVE AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES, in order to clarify the statutory mentorship requirements for APN RXNs, and to correct a formatting error in Rule 1.14 – RULES AND REGULATIONS TO REGISTER PROFESSIONAL NURSES QUALIFIED TO ENGAGE IN ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSING.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2024, at 9:00 A.M. (MDT)
- Permanent Rulemaking Hearing Notice
- Draft Rules
- Written comments (Link will be updated as comments are received)
- Recording - Stakeholder Meeting - January 8, 2024
- Recording - Stakeholder Meeting - February 16, 2024
Permanent Rulemaking Hearing – November 8, 2023
The purpose of this Permanent Rulemaking Hearing is to allow stakeholders a final opportunity to testify before the Board determines whether to repeal on a permanent basis Rule 1.17 – PROTECTIONS FOR PROVISION OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE IN COLORADO to implement Colorado Senate Bill 23-188 (Concerning Protections for Accessing Reproductive Health Care) and Rule 1.18 - PROTECTING COLORADO’S WORKFORCE AND EXPANDING LICENSING OPPORTUNITIES to implement Colorado Senate Bill 23-265 (Concerning a Prohibition on a Regulator Imposing Discipline Against a Person Based on Certain Activities Involving Marijuana), and to consider revisions to Rule 1.15.
- Wednesday, November 8, 2023, at 9:00 A.M. (MDT)
- Draft Rules
- Written comments regarding SB23-188 (Link will be updated as comments are received.)
- Written comments regarding SB23-265 (Link will be updated as comments are received.)
REQUESTING WRITTEN STAKEHOLDER COMMENTS
Colorado Board of Nursing Home AdministratorsWhat is this about?
The Colorado Board of Nursing Home Administrators ("Board") is requesting written comments regarding a proposed revision to Board Rule 1.15, Reporting Convictions, Judgments and Administrative Proceedings. The purpose of the proposed revision is to align the Rule with the statute, specifically section 12-265-113(1)(b), C.R.S. The Board will hold a Rulemaking Hearing on November 8, 2023, to determine whether to adopt the proposed revisions to Rule 1.15 and other previously noticed proposed changes on a permanent basis. Please submit written comments to dora_dpo_rulemaking@state.co.us as soon as possible, however the Board will continue to accept written comments until the Rulemaking Hearing on November 8, 2023. Written comments will be posted on the Board's website under the "Public Notices" tab as received for all stakeholders to review.
REQUESTING WRITTEN STAKEHOLDER COMMENTS
Implementation of Colorado Senate Bills 23-188 and 23-265What is this about?
The following Boards and Programs within the Division of Professions and Occupations are requesting written comments regarding the implementation of Colorado Senate Bills 23-188 (CONCERNING A PROHIBITION ON A REGULATOR IMPOSING DISCIPLINE AGAINST A PERSON BASED ON CERTAIN ACTIVITIES INVOLVING MARIJUANA) and 23-265 (CONCERNING A PROHIBITION ON A REGULATOR IMPOSING DISCIPLINE AGAINST A PERSON BASED ON CERTAIN ACTIVITIES INVOLVING MARIJUANA), and the proposed repeal of the Board and Program rules that are no longer necessary after the codification of these regulations into law.
Each of the listed Boards and Programs will hold a Permanent Rulemaking Hearing on the dates listed to determine whether to repeal the rules on a permanent basis to implement the law. Please submit written comments as soon as possible. The Boards and Programs will continue to accept written comments until the Permanent Rulemaking Hearings where stakeholders will be given a final opportunity to testify before the Board and/or the Director or Director's designee. Please visit the Board and Program websites under the "Public Notices" tab for the most current information, including webinar registration information, written comments (SB23-188 and SB23-265), and the draft rules.
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