(1) Any person desiring to be licensed as a nursing home administrator shall make application to the Office of Long-Term Care on forms prescribed by the office and shall furnish such information with the application as shall be required by the office.
(2) An applicant shall complete the licensure process within one and one-half (1½) years from the date of application approval for licensure.
(3) Each application shall be accompanied by a licensure fee of one hundred dollars ($100), one half (½) of which shall be refunded to the applicant if he or she is refused licensure by the office.
(4) This section and §§ 20-10-405 and 20-10-408 only apply to nursing home administrators and are not intended to require administrators in other kinds of long-term care facilities unless provided by rule.