The following words, terms, and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them under this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

(1) “Board” shall mean the State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators established in this chapter.

(2) “Direct supervision” shall mean oversight on the premises of a nursing home.

(3) “Division” shall mean the State Division of Professional Regulation.

(4) “Excessive use or abuse of drugs” shall mean any use of narcotics, controlled substances, or illegal drugs without a prescription from a licensed health care provider, or the abuse of alcoholic beverage such that it impairs that nursing home administrator’s ability to perform the work of a nursing home administrator.

(5) “Nursing home” shall mean any licensed residential health facility for aged, infirm, chronically ill or convalescent persons, excluding neighborhood homes and group homes licensed by the Division of Health Care Quality, that provides shelter and food to more than 4 persons who:

a. Because of their physical and/or mental condition require a level of care and services suitable to their needs to contribute to their health, comfort, and welfare; and

b. Who are not related within the second degree of consanguinity to the controlling person or persons of the facility.

(6) “Nursing home administrator” shall mean the individual licensed under this chapter to practice nursing home administration.

(7) “Nursing home administrator-in-training” or “AIT” shall mean an individual who is registered with the Board to obtain the experience for licensure under the direct supervision of a preceptor.

(8) “Person” shall mean an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, joint stock company, limited partnership, limited liability company, and any other legal entity and includes a legal successor of those entities.

(9) “Practice of nursing home administration” shall mean the performance of any act or the making of any decision involved in the planning, organizing, directing, or controlling of the operations of a nursing home, whether or not such acts are performed, or decisions made, by 1 or more persons.

(10) “Preceptor” shall mean a state-licensed nursing home administrator who is qualified under this chapter and approved by the Board to exercise direct supervision of a registered nursing home administrator-in-training.

(11) “State” shall mean the State of Delaware.

(12) “Substantially related’ means the nature of the criminal conduct, for which the person was convicted, has a direct bearing on the fitness or ability to perform 1 or more of the duties or responsibilities necessarily related to nursing home administration.

64 Del. Laws, c. 159, § 2; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 74 Del. Laws, c. 262, § 94; 76 Del. Laws, c. 89, § 1; 81 Del. Laws, c. 209, § 10.