N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:14-4.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 19, October 7, 2024

Section 10A:14-4.5 - Inspections by the State Department of Health and Senior Services

(a) Staff from the Field Services Unit shall act as a liaison in regard to the sanitary inspections conducted by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.

(b) Each correctional facility within the Department shall be inspected by and in accordance with the required schedule of the State Department of Health and Senior Services.

(c) Upon completion of the inspection, each correctional facility receiving a rating other than satisfactory shall be required to respond to the cited deficiencies on Form 360-I Remedial Action Plan Report. The completed report shall be submitted to the Supervisor, Field Services Unit within 21 calendar days after the completion of the inspection.

(d) Form 360-I Remedial Action Plan Report shall be completed in the following manner:

1. All deficiencies cited in the State Department of Health and Senior Services inspection document shall be entered onto Form 360-I in the order in which the deficiencies appear on the document, together with the appropriate agency code/reference number(s), if indicated, and the area of the correctional facility inspected.

2. The specific action(s) taken to correct each deficiency shall be briefly stated along with the scheduled completion date of each. Where work orders are involved, the correctional facility staff shall indicate the scheduled completion date of the action(s) required. Dates of work order submissions are not acceptable as completion dates; and

3. Designated staff at each correctional facility shall schedule completion of all corrective action(s) no later than 21 calendar days subsequent to receipt of the inspection report, except where the needed materials, supplies and/or services are documented to require additional acquisition or completion time. In these cases, the earliest possible completion dates shall be scheduled and entered on the form.

(e) Designated staff at each correctional facility unable to submit a plan within 21 calendar days must forward a justification with a request for a 14-calendar-day extension, in writing, to the Supervisor, Field Services Unit.

(f) Facilities receiving a rating other than satisfactory shall be subject to a reinspection within a time frame deemed appropriate by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:14-4.5

Amended by R.2007 d.94, effective 4/2/2007.
See: 38 N.J.R. 5306(a), 39 N.J.R. 1311(b).
In (a), substituted "Staff from the" for "The" and "act as a liaison in regard to the" for "coordinate"; in (d)1, inserted "State Department of Health and Senior Services"; in (d)2, inserted "staff"; in (d)3 and (e), substituted "Designated staff at each correctional facility" for "Correctional facilities"; and in (e), substituted "14-calendar-day" for "14 calendar day" and substituted a comma for "of the" following "Supervisor".