N.J. Admin. Code § 10:60-5.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 10:60-5.1 - Purpose and scope

(a) Private duty nursing (PDN) services shall be provided by a licensed certified home health agency, licensed hospice agency or an accredited healthcare services firm approved by DMAHS. The healthcare services firm shall be accredited, initially and on an ongoing basis, by an accreditation organization approved by the Department.

1. A healthcare services firm shall contract with an accreditation organization to complete a comprehensive on-site organizational audit a minimum of once every three years.

(b) The purpose of private duty nursing services is to provide individual and continuous nursing care, as different from part-time intermittent care, to beneficiaries who exhibit a severity of illness that requires complex skilled nursing interventions on a continuous ongoing basis. PDN services are provided by licensed nurses in the home to beneficiaries receiving managed long-term support services (MLTSS), as well as eligible EPSDT beneficiaries.

(c) Private duty nursing services exceed normal parental and/or familial responsibilities; therefore, family members of beneficiaries who are receiving PDN services, who are licensed as an RN or an LPN in the State of New Jersey, may be employed by the agency authorized to provide PDN services to the beneficiary, up to eight hours per day, 40 hours per week. The family member of the beneficiary may not serve as the supervising RN responsible for developing the treatment plan for the beneficiary. The agency employing the family member is responsible to ensure that the PDN services are properly provided and meet all agency standards and regulatory requirements.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10:60-5.1

Amended by 50 N.J.R. 1992(b), effective 9/17/2018