(a) The administrator and alternate administrator of a center must have two years of experience in supervision and management in a pediatric health care setting and meet one of the following criteria:
  (1) be a physician licensed in Texas to practice medicine in accordance with Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 155;
  (2) be an RN with a master's or baccalaureate degree in nursing and be licensed under the Nursing Practice Act, Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 301, with no disciplinary actions;
  (3) be a college graduate with a bachelor's degree with one additional year of supervision or management experience in a health care setting;
  (4) have an associate's degree in health care or administration with two additional years of supervision or management experience in a health care setting; or
  (5) have an associate's degree in nursing and currently licensed under the Nursing Practice Act, Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 301, with no disciplinary action with two additional years of supervision or management experience in a health care setting.
(b) The administrator and the alternate administrator of a center must be at least 25 years of age.
(c) An administrator and alternate administrator of a center must meet the initial training requirements specified in §15.305 of this division (relating to Initial Training in Administration) and the continuing training requirements specified in §15.306 of this division (relating to Continuing Training in Administration).
(d) A person is not eligible to be the administrator or alternate administrator of a center if the person was the administrator of a center cited with a violation that resulted in DADS taking enforcement action against the center while the person was the administrator of the cited center.
  (1) This subsection applies for 12 months after the date of the enforcement action.
  (2) For purposes of this subsection, enforcement action means license suspension, licensure revocation, emergency suspension of a license, denial of an application for a license, or the issuance of an injunction. Enforcement action does not include administrative or civil penalties.
(e) An administrator or alternate administrator must not be convicted of an offense described in §99.2 of this title (relating to Convictions Barring Licensure) during the time frames described in that chapter.
(f) The designated administrator and alternate administrator of a center must be full-time employees of the center.
(g) The designated administrator or alternate administrator may serve as the nursing director or alternate nursing director if the administrator or alternate administrator meets the nursing director qualifications as described in §15.309 of this division (relating to Nursing Director and Alternate Nursing Director Qualifications and Conditions).
(h) The designated administrator or alternate administrator may be included in the center's staffing ratio if:
  (1) the administrator or alternate administrator is a licensed nurse or meets the qualifications in §15.409 of this subchapter (relating to Direct Care Staff Qualifications); and
  (2) the center's actual census is less than four minors.
(i) The designated administrator or alternate administrator must not be included in the center's staffing ratios when functioning as the nursing director or alternate nursing director.
(j) The designated administrator must manage only one center.

Source Note: The provisions of this §550.303 adopted to be effective September 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 6569; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the Texas Register April 12, 2019, 44 TexReg 1875