Nursing home administrator license requirements in New Hampshire.

Board

Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators (NH Office of Professional Licensure and Certification) Board source · checked 2026-07-29

Education floor

A bachelor's degree A bachelor of science or bachelor of arts degree from an accredited college or university (RSA 151-A:5), with the degree program covering a minimum of 15 semester credits across nine core areas including environmental health, general administration, psychology of patient care, and medical care principles (Nuh 301.02). Board source · checked 2026-07-29

Administrator-in-Training hours

2,080 hours

• 2,080 hours: New Hampshire's rule (Nuh 301.03) sets the Administrator-in-Training requirement as one year of experience in a nursing home of at least 50 beds (or equivalent experience) under a preceptor who is a licensed administrator with 5+ years of experience, capped at 12 months (Nuh 102.01, Nuh 102.06). The state states this in months, not hours; shown here as the standard 2,080-hour full-time-year conversion of that one-year requirement, not an invented New Hampshire-specific figure, following the same labeling convention already used for Illinois and Wisconsin in this matrix.

Board source · checked 2026-07-29

National NAB exams

Required (CORE of Knowledge + Nursing Home Administrator) The national nursing-home-administrator examination is required alongside New Hampshire's own state-law examination; the rule does not separately name a CORE-versus-Line-of-Service split the way some other states do. Board source · checked 2026-07-29

Separate state exam

Required New Hampshire requires its own written examination covering RSA 151, RSA 151-A, Ph 705, Ph 706, Ph 707, HeP 803, and Nuh 100 through 500, with a passing score of 75 percent correct on the state-specific portion (Nuh 303.01(a)). Board source · checked 2026-07-29

Initial license fee

$300 Application fee under Table 307-1 of the board's rules; the non-renewable temporary emergency permit and the temporary reciprocity permit are each also $300. A license-verification request is a separate $20 fee. Board source · checked 2026-07-29

Renewal fee

$300 Biennial renewal fee under Table 307-1 of the board's rules. Board source · checked 2026-07-29

Continuing education

40 hours per biennial cycle 40 clock hours of continuing education related to nursing home administration in the 2 years immediately preceding renewal for administrators licensed in New Hampshire fewer than 15 consecutive years; the requirement drops to 30 hours for those licensed 15 years or more (Nuh 401.01(b)). Credits do not roll over between cycles and courses must carry prior board approval. Board source · checked 2026-07-29

Reciprocity / endorsement

endorsement available RSA 151-A:9 and Nuh 304.02 let the board endorse an out-of-state license from a jurisdiction whose qualification and examination standards were substantially equivalent to New Hampshire's when the license issued, and that extends comparable endorsement privileges back to New Hampshire licensees. The applicant still pays the $300 initial application fee and must pass New Hampshire's own state-law examination (Nuh 304.02(c)(1)). Board source · checked 2026-07-29

Statutes and rules: RSA 151-A, New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated; New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules Nuh 100 through Nuh 500. Figures change on the board's own schedule. Confirm against the board before you apply or pay.

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