{"data":{"id":"us/42-cfr-431.701","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 CFR 431.701","heading":"Definitions.","body":"Unless otherwise indicated, the following definitions apply for purposes of this subpart:\nAgency means the State agency responsible for licensing individual practitioners under the State's healing arts licensing act.\nBoard means an appointed State board established to carry out a State program for licensing administrators of nursing homes, in a State that does not have a healing arts licensing act or an agency as defined in this section.\nLicensed means certified by a State agency or board as meeting all of the requirements for a licensed nursing home administrator specified in this subpart.\nNursing home means any institution, facility, or distinct part of a hospital that is licensed or formally recognized as meeting nursing home standards established under State law, or that is determined under § 431.704 to be included under the requirements of this subpart. The term does not include—\n(a) A religious nonmedical institution as defined in § 440.170(b) of this chapter; or\n(b) A distinct part of a hospital, if the hospital meets the definition in § 440.10 or § 440.140 of this subchapter, and the distinct part is not licensed separately or formally approved as a nursing home by the State even though it is designated or certified as a skilled nursing facility.\nNursing home administrator means any person who is in charge of the general administration of a nursing home whether or not the person—\n(a) Has an ownership interest in the home; or\n(b) Shares his functions and duties with one or more other persons.","path":["Title 42—Public Health","CHAPTER IV—CENTERS FOR MEDICARE \u0026 MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER C—MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS","PART 431—STATE ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION","Subpart N—State Programs for Licensing Nursing Home Administrators"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-42.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:11Z","sha256":"0b86e90e73893df5bb4565fc78191a97c1d22a48bd6a05a2ddfef523eb577b25","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-cfr-431.700","next":"us/42-cfr-431.702"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}