N.J. Admin. Code § 13:45B-14.4

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

Section 13:45B-14.4 - Duty to refer only licensed individuals

(a) When licensure to perform a health care service or function is required by law, an agency shall refer or place only those health care practitioners who are currently licensed or certified and in good standing with their respective New Jersey licensing or registration boards.

(b) A nurses' registry shall not furnish broker services to anyone other than a registered nurse, a practical nurse, or a nurse practitioner/clinical nurse specialist licensed by the State Board of Nursing.

(c) The agency shall, through its health care practitioner supervisor or other designated individual, verify the license status of each individual to be placed or referred prior to the referral or placement. Licensure shall be verified by obtaining a document, which verifies licensure from the Board or Committee that registers or licenses the individual and, within 45 days of obtaining the verification, by personally inspecting the current biennial registration or license or a copy of the current biennial registration or license.

(d) The agency shall maintain a copy of the verification document that it has secured from the Board or Committee that registers or licenses the individual and a copy of the license or registration with the following notation conspicuously written across the entire face of the license: "COPY OF ORIGINAL NOT VALID FOR VERIFYING CURRENT LICENSURE STATUS."

(e) The agency shall maintain a record of licensure verification in which the following information is recorded:

1. The registrant's name and address;

2. The New Jersey board or agency issuing license or registration;

3. The license or registration number;

4. The period for which licensure or registration was issued;

5. The date of license inspection; and

6. The name of the individual making the inspection on behalf of the licensee.

(f) When the agency knows or has reason to know that the license of any health care practitioner placed or referred has been suspended, revoked or otherwise limited or restricted so as to preclude the rendering of the health care service for which employment or placement was intended, the agency shall verify the licensure status at the earliest possible time. Upon a determination that the license has been suspended, revoked or otherwise limited or restricted, the agency shall directly terminate the health care practitioner's employment and notify the individual or entity currently receiving services from the health care practitioner that the practitioner's authority to practice has been suspended or revoked.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:45B-14.4

Amended by R.2008 d.5, effective 1/7/2008.
See: 39 N.J.R. 1999(a), 40 N.J.R. 185(a).
Rewrote (c); and in (d), inserted "a copy of the verification document that it has secured from the Board or Committee that registers or licenses the individual and".
Recodified from N.J.A.C. 13:45B-15.4 by R.2008 d.92, effective 4/21/2008.
See: 40 N.J.R. 91(b), 40 N.J.R. 2118(a).
Former N.J.A.C. 13:45B-14.4, Firms registered prior to April 3, 1995 and meeting the definition of health care service firm, recodified to N.J.A.C. 13:45B-13.4.