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Do you think the state should require hospital executives to be licensed?
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The state legislature is considering legislation to require hospital executives to be licensed.

Unlike medical professionals, such as physicians or nurses, administrators at acute-care hospitals are not required to be licensed. 

The proposed bill would create a new licensure category for healthcare administrators, to be administered by the state Department of Public Health. 

An applicant for a license would be required to have a degree in healthcare administration, public health or a related field, and to pass a knowledge-based exam.

The bill also would give DPH the power to “hear all charges of unacceptable conduct” brought against a hospital administrator. It also makes the administrator responsible if he or she had direct oversight of a licensed healthcare provider who violated a state or federal law.

Supporters of the bill say it would help hold hospital administrators accountable, while opponents say the language is too broad, that it would require additional funding and that it would create inefficiencies.

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