Nursing Home Administrator Exam Information

The Nursing Home Administrator’s licensure examination is a two-part examination.  The first part is the National Examination prepared by the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator (NAB).  The second part is the Wisconsin State Law Examination.  Applicants for initial licensure must successfully complete both parts of the examination.  Reciprocal applicants who have successfully completed the NAB Examination in another state are only required to take the Wisconsin State Law Examination.  The passing scaled score on the State Law exam is 64, and 113 on the NAB exam.

Information for the national examination is available from NAB.  

Statutes for the State of Wisconsin and Administrative Code can be found under the Additional Resources section on this page.  Furthermore, additional Statute links for the State Examination are as follows:

DHS 129
DHS 132
Chapter 50