                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ADMINISTRATOR REQUIRED FOR OPERATION OF NURSING HOME; OPERATION AFTER DEATH,
ILLNESS, ETC., OF ADMINISTRATOR; NOTIFICATION OF BOARD (§ 54.1-3103)

All licensed nursing homes within the Commonwealth shall be under the
supervision of an administrator licensed by the Board. If a licensed nursing
home administrator dies, becomes ill, resigns or is discharged, the nursing home
that was administered by him at the time of his death, illness, resignation or
discharge may continue to operate until his successor qualifies, but in no case
for longer than is permitted by the licensing authority for the nursing home.
The temporary supervisor or administrator shall immediately notify the Board of
Long-Term Care Administrators and the Commissioner of Health that the nursing
home is operating without the supervision of a licensed nursing home
administrator.

HISTORY: 1970, c. 775, § 54-901; 1974, c. 600; 1988, c. 765; 2005, cc. 610,
924.