An applicant shall complete a one thousand five hundred hour AIT program. The program length may be reduced based on the following:

(1) A one thousand hour AIT program may be granted for individuals with a minimum of:

(a) Two years' experience as a department manager in a state licensed nursing home or hospital with demonstrated supervisory and budgetary responsibility;

(b) Five years' experience working in a nursing home; or

(c) Successful completion of a four year degree program in health administration or nursing; or

(d) An applicant may be allowed to complete a one thousand hour AIT program in Washington if they have successfully completed at least five hundred hours but less than one thousand hours of an AIT program approved in another state.

(2) A five hundred hour AIT program may be granted for individuals with a minimum of two years' experience in the last five years with demonstrated supervisory and budgetary responsibility in one of the following positions or their equivalent:

(a) Hospital administrator;

(b) Assistant administrator in a state licensed nursing home or hospital;

(c) Director of a hospital based skilled nursing facility;

(d) Director of a subacute or transitional care unit;

(e) Director of the department of nursing in a state licensed nursing home;

(f) Health care consultant to the long-term care industry;

(g) Director of community-based long-term care service;

(h) Director or regional director of rehabilitation services in a skilled nursing facility;

(i) An applicant may be allowed to complete a five hundred hour AIT program in Washington if they have successfully completed at least one thousand hours of an AIT program approved in another state.

(3) A five hundred hour program may be granted for individuals with a master's degree in health administration or nursing.

(4) At the discretion of the board, veterans who have military experience equal to the civilian classifications and time limits in subsections (2) and (3) of this section are eligible for a reduced AIT as described in subsections (2) and (3) of this section.