N.J. Admin. Code § 10:161B-2.12

Current through Register Vol. 57, No. 1, January 6, 2025

Section 10:161B-2.12 - Surrender of a license

(a) When a program elects to voluntarily surrender a license, it shall provide written notice of its intention to do so, and the specific date on which it shall surrender its license, to effect an orderly transfer of clients, as follows:

1. The program shall provide DCN&L with at least 45 days prior notice;

2. The program shall provide each client, prescribing physician(s) and primary substance abuse counselor(s) at least 30 days prior notice. In addition, the program shall arrange for each client to be transferred to a licensed facility or other licensed program capable of providing the appropriate level of care.

3. The program shall provide appropriate notice, in writing, to any program to which it has sent client referrals and from which it has received client referrals in the past three years; and

4. The program shall provide each guarantor of payment at least 30 days prior notice.

(b) When a program is ordered by DCN&L to surrender its license, the facility administrator named in the original license application, the person(s) currently acting in their capacity, and/or the facility's appropriate legal representative shall provide written notice of the surrender as required pursuant to (a)2, 3, and 4 above, unless the order sets forth other or additional notice requirements.

(c) All notices to DCN&L regarding voluntary or ordered surrender of a license, and the physical license, shall be sent to the address set forth at N.J.A.C. 10:161B-2.1(b). All notices and the original license must be sent to DCN&L within seven working days of the date that such decision is announced by the agency director, verbally or otherwise, to clients and/or program staff and/or seven days from the postmarked receipt date of the postmarked DCN&L written licensure surrender request.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10:161B-2.12

Amended by 48 N.J.R. 2791(a), effective 12/19/2016

Amended by 55 N.J.R. 2346(a), effective 11/20/2023