(a) Unless ordered to do so by Commonwealth Court or an appeal therefrom, the board shall not reinstate the license or registration of a person to practice nursing home administration pursuant to this act which license or registration has been revoked. Any person whose license or registration has been revoked may apply for reinstatement, after a period of a least five years, but must meet all of the licensing qualifications of this act for the license applied for, to include the examination requirement, if he or she desires to practice at any time after such revocation.

(a.1) The board shall require a person whose license or registration has been suspended or revoked to return the license or registration in such manner as the board directs. Failure to do so shall be a misdemeanor of the third degree.

(b) Application for the reissuance of a license and/or registration shall be made in such manner as the board may direct.

(c) If a person convicted of a felony or crime deemed to be a felony is subsequently pardoned by the Governor of the state where such conviction was had or by the President of the United States, or shall receive a certificate of good conduct granted by the Board of Probation and Parole, the board may, in its discretion, on application of such person and on the submission of evidence satisfactory to the board, restore to such person the nursing home administrator's license and/or registration.