---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 431.706"
title: "42"
number: "431.706"
heading: "Composition of licensing board."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/431.706"
---

# §431.706. Composition of licensing board.

- (a) The board must be composed of persons representing professions and institutions concerned with the care and treatment of chronically ill or infirm elderly patients. However—
  - (1) A majority of the board members may not be representative of a single profession or category of institution; and
  - (2) Members not representative of institutions may not have a direct financial interest in any nursing home.
- (b) For purposes of this section, nursing home administrators are considered representatives of institutions.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 45188, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted.