The Montana Legislature established the State Board of Nursing Home Administrators in 1969. The Board was composed of five members appointed by the governor from a list of nine names submitted by the board of directors of the Montana Nursing Home Association, Inc. The Board was empowered to establish qualification criteria for nursing home administrators, issue licenses, develop examinations, establish and implement procedures to ensure compliance with established standards, conduct a continuing study and investigation of nursing home administrators in the state, and conduct or cause to be conducted courses of instruction and training sufficient to meet the board's requirements. In 1974, the Department of Commerce was given the responsibility of registering and issuing licenses. In 1973, the composition of the Board was changed to include no more than two nursing home administrators, and in 1979 the Board was required to include one member of the public at large over the age of fifty-five.
As of 2025, the Montana Board of Nursing Home Administrators operates within the Professional and Occupational Licensing Bureau, which falls under the Employment Standards Division of the Department of Labor and Industry.
This collection (1978-1984) consists of incoming correspondence on a variety of topics, such as educational requirements for nursing home administrators, licensing fees, Medicaid fraud, and the Nursing Home Administrators Practice Act.
Arranged at the collection level. No box-folder inventory is available.
Collection open for research.
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In 2024, the various collections of the Montana Department of Labor and Industry were integrated under one collection identifier, RS 498, in order to help facilitate access, reduce redundancy in the Montana Historical Society Library & Archives catalog, and to follow best archival practices.
Collections from Montana Department of Labor and Industry's various Divisions and Bureaus
that were previously treated as separate entities are now integrated into
Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers. Montana Historical Society Library & Archives, Helena, Montana.
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