The Florida Senate

296.34  Administrator; qualifications, duties, and responsibilities.--

(1)  The director shall appoint an administrator of the home who shall be the chief executive of the home. The position shall be assigned to the Selected Exempt Service under part V of chapter 110. The director shall give preference in appointment as provided in ss. 295.07 and 295.085 to applicants for the position of administrator.

(2)  The administrator, at the time of entering employment and at all times while employed as the administrator, shall:

(a)  Be a resident of the state.

(b)  Hold a current valid license as a nursing home administrator in accordance with the provisions of part II of chapter 468 and the rules promulgated by the Board of Nursing Home Administrators.

(3)  The administrator shall have the immediate custody and control of all property used in connection with the home in accordance with chapter 273. The administrator shall determine the eligibility of applicants for admission to the home in accordance with provisions of this part and, together with the director, shall adopt all rules necessary for the proper administration of the home, including rules for the preservation of order and enforcement of discipline in the home. All rules governing the home shall conform as nearly as possible to the rules and regulations for comparable facilities of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

(4)

(a)  The administrator shall forward to the department all applications approved by him or her for employment with the home.

(b)  All employees who fill authorized and established positions appropriated for the home shall be state employees. The department shall classify such employees in the manner prescribed in chapter 110.

(5)  The administrator shall administer and enforce all rules of the home, including rules of discipline, and shall have the power to dismiss any member of the home for any infraction of rules, subject to the approval of the director.

History.--s. 14, ch. 92-80; s. 259, ch. 95-148.