Free South Carolina Residential Care and Assisted Living (SC-RC/AL) Exam Practice Questions

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1. 1An operator plans to house two unrelated adults and provide room, board, and personal care for more than 24 consecutive hours. Under South Carolina's CRCF rule, how should the operation be treated?

   1. A. As a community residential care facility requiring licensure
   2. B. As a boarding house exempt from facility licensure
   3. C. As a nursing home requiring skilled-care certification
   4. D. As respite care that may operate for six weeks without a license

   Answer: A

   Explanation: Section 101.L defines a CRCF as a facility providing room, board, and personal care for more than 24 consecutive hours to two or more unrelated adults. The quoted rule says it applies to care for "two or more persons, 18 years old or older, not related to the licensee within the third degree of consanguinity."

   Reference: Sc Dph Community Residential Care — Section 101.L

2. 2A South Carolina community residential care facility has a current facility license. Its owner wants a person to act as the facility administrator. Which credential must that person hold?

   1. A. A current facility operating license issued to the owner
   2. B. A current individual CRCF administrator license issued under Chapter 35
   3. C. A nursing home administrator-in-training permit issued by the Board
   4. D. A current professional license held by the facility's direct-care supervisor

   Answer: B

   Explanation: Section 40-35-200(B) states, "It is unlawful for a person to act or serve in the capacity of a nursing home administrator or community residential care facility administrator unless the person is licensed in accordance with this chapter." The facility's operating license does not authorize an unlicensed individual to serve as its administrator.

   Reference: South Carolina Code, Title 40 Chapter 35 — S.C. Code § 40-35-200(B)

3. 3A single South Carolina CRCF with 18 licensed beds is operating during normal business hours. What licensed-administrator coverage does Chapter 93 require for that property?

   1. A. A licensed administrator on site for 20 hours weekly during normal business hours
   2. B. A full-time licensed administrator on site or available during normal business hours
   3. C. A full-time licensed administrator available only during peak resident-care hours
   4. D. A licensed administrator on site for 20 hours weekly outside normal business hours

   Answer: B

   Explanation: Regulation 93-65(B)(2) requires a single CRCF with more than ten beds to have "a full-time licensed administrator on site or available during normal business hours." The 20-hour on-site schedule belongs to a facility with ten beds or fewer; peak-hour or after-hours coverage does not replace the stated business-hours condition.

   Reference: South Carolina Code of Regulations, Chapter 93 — Chapter 93, page 2 (Regulation 93–65(B)(2))

4. 4A proposed South Carolina CRCF has completed construction but has not yet received its facility license. When may it begin admitting residents?

   1. A. After its first Department inspection is scheduled
   2. B. After a licensed administrator is hired
   3. C. Only on or after the effective date of the facility license
   4. D. Thirty days before the license becomes effective

   Answer: C

   Explanation: Section 103.A states, "The facility shall not admit residents prior to the effective date of the license." Hiring an administrator or scheduling an inspection does not replace the facility-license requirement.

   Reference: Sc Regulation 60 84 — Section 103.A

5. 5An applicant for a South Carolina CRCF administrator license has a health-related associate degree. What minimum period and hours of supervised on-site CRCF experience does the degree-specific route require?

   1. A. Six months and at least 192 hours of supervised on-site CRCF work
   2. B. One year and at least 384 hours of supervised on-site CRCF work
   3. C. Nine months and at least 288 hours of supervised on-site CRCF work
   4. D. Two years and at least 384 hours of supervised on-site CRCF work

   Answer: C

   Explanation: Section 40-35-40(B)(4)(b) requires a health-related associate degree with "at least nine months of on-site work experience of at least two hundred eighty-eight hours" under a licensed CRCFA, with supervisory and direct resident-care duties. Six months/192 hours is the baccalaureate route; one year/384 hours applies to a nonhealth associate degree or LPN.

   Reference: South Carolina Code, Title 40 Chapter 35 — S.C. Code § 40-35-40(B)(4)(a)-(c)

6. 6A single South Carolina CRCF has eight beds on one property. Which administrator schedule satisfies the Chapter 93 rule for that size of facility?

   1. A. At least 20 on-site hours each week, equitably distributed during normal business hours
   2. B. At least 20 available hours each week, concentrated entirely on one weekend
   3. C. At least 30 available hours each week, without any scheduled on-site time
   4. D. At least 30 on-site hours each week, entirely outside normal business hours

   Answer: A

   Explanation: Regulation 93-65(B)(3) requires an administrator "on site a minimum of twenty hours per week" with facility time during normal business hours "equitably distributed daily." Merely being available is insufficient for the eight-bed rule, and scheduling all hours outside normal business hours misses its condition.

   Reference: South Carolina Code of Regulations, Chapter 93 — Chapter 93, page 2 (Regulation 93–65(B)(3))

7. 7A South Carolina CRCF wants to use newly renovated space for resident beds. What must occur first?

   1. A. The fire department must issue a temporary occupancy memo
   2. B. The Department must authorize occupancy of the additional or renovated space
   3. C. The resident council must approve the added beds
   4. D. The administrator must wait until the next annual renewal

   Answer: B

   Explanation: Section 103.D provides, "No facility shall establish new care/services or occupy additional beds or renovated space without first obtaining authorization from the Department."

   Reference: Sc Regulation 60 84 — Section 103.D

8. 8A qualified applicant is nearing initial South Carolina CRCF administrator licensure. When must the applicant furnish the results of the state and federal fingerprint reviews to the Board?

   1. A. Before the Board issues the initial administrator license
   2. B. At the first renewal of the administrator license
   3. C. After beginning work under the initial administrator license
   4. D. Only after the Board opens a disciplinary investigation

   Answer: A

   Explanation: Section 40-35-40(D) says the applicant shall undergo state and federal fingerprint review and that "the results of the reviews must be furnished to the board by the applicant before initial licensure." The review is an initial-licensure condition, not a later renewal or discipline step.

   Reference: South Carolina Code, Title 40 Chapter 35 — S.C. Code § 40-35-40(D)

9. 9A South Carolina licensed nursing home administrator has practiced for three years and now applies for a CRCF administrator license. What specific CRCF experience requirement may this applicant omit under Regulation 93-70(A)(2)(a)?

   1. A. The nursing-home practical experience supervised by a licensed NHA
   2. B. The administrator-in-training internship in a licensed CRCF
   3. C. The on-site CRCF work supervised by a licensed CRCFA
   4. D. The health-related field work outside a licensed CRCF

   Answer: C

   Explanation: Regulation 93-70(A)(2)(a) says a South Carolina licensed NHA practicing two or more years "shall not be required to have on-site work experience at a community residential care facility under the supervision of a licensed community residential care facility administrator." The exemption names CRCF work under a CRCFA, not the other distinct kinds of experience.

   Reference: South Carolina Code of Regulations, Chapter 93 — Chapter 93, page 3 (Regulation 93–70(A)(2)(a))

10. 10When may a bed used by a staff member be excluded from a South Carolina CRCF's licensed bed-capacity count?

    1. A. When the bed is identified and used exclusively by staff or volunteers
    2. B. When the bed is occupied fewer than 30 nights per year
    3. C. When the bed is located on a floor without resident rooms
    4. D. When the administrator reports it at the next inspection

    Answer: A

    Explanation: Section 103.D says, "Beds for use of staff members/volunteers are not included in the licensed bed capacity number, provided such beds and locations are so identified and used exclusively by staff members/volunteers."

    Reference: Sc Regulation 60 84 — Section 103.D