N.J. Admin. Code § 10:52-3.5

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

Section 10:52-3.5 - Standards for a HealthStart Comprehensive Maternity Care Provider Certificate

(a) Comprehensive maternity care services shall be integrated and coordinated.

(b) HealthStart maternity care providers, excluding physicians and nurse midwives who are in private practice, shall provide comprehensive maternity care services within the following organizational requirements:

1. Providers shall provide directly or through an approved agreement, at one contiguous site, the following services: ambulatory prenatal and postpartum care; case coordination services; nutrition assessment; guidance and counseling services; health education assessment and instruction; and social-psychological assessment, guidance and counseling;

2. Providers shall provide or arrange for the admission of patients to the appropriate level of care facility for obstetrical care delivery services;

3. Providers shall provide or arrange for all necessary laboratory services;

4. Providers shall provide one or more prenatal home visits for each high risk patient;

5. Providers shall provide at least one postpartum home visit for each high risk patient;

6. Providers shall adopt policies and procedures to assure the delivery of coordinated, integrated and comprehensive care; and

7. Providers shall provide referral and follow-up services, which shall include, but shall not be limited to: referral for specialized evaluations, counseling and treatment for extensive social, psychological, nutritional and medical needs.

(c) A provider shall link the mother and newborn infant with a pediatric care provider.

(d) An independent clinic may provide the HealthStart health support services component alone upon entering into a written agreement with a private practitioner(s) who shall provide the HealthStart medical care services component. This agreement shall delineate which party shall take primary responsibility for provision of all HealthStart services.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10:52-3.5

Amended by R.2005 d.214, effective 7/5/2005.
See: 37 New Jersey Register 436(a), 37 New Jersey Register 2506(a).
Rewrote the section.