N.J. Admin. Code § 13:45B-14.9

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 13:45B-14.9 - Duties relating to placements in home care settings

(a) Prior to referring or placing a health care practitioner in a home care setting, an agency shall assure that an appropriately licensed person evaluates the patient's needs and establishes, in writing, a plan of care. The health care practitioner preparing the plan of care shall sign it and indicate thereon his or her license designation.

(b) An agency shall make referrals or placements consistent with the level of care indicated in the plan of care.

(c) Unless the circumstances of the patient's care or another specific regulatory standard requires otherwise, the health care practitioner supervisor shall, not less than once during each 30-day period during which the health care practitioner is rendering services in the home care setting:

1. Inquire of the health care practitioner and such other persons as may be necessary whether the plan of care is adequate to meet the patient's needs; and

2. Make reasonable inquiry to determine whether the plan of care is being discharged appropriately by the health care practitioner.

(d) The health care practitioner supervisor shall record the responses received.

(e) If the responses indicate that the plan of care needs to be reassessed or revised, the health care practitioner supervisor shall ensure that an appropriately licensed person immediately reassesses or revises the plan.

(f) If the responses indicate that the health care practitioner is not discharging the plan of care appropriately, the agency shall immediately take necessary corrective action.

(g) The health care practitioner supervisor shall make an on-site, in home evaluation of the plan of care not less than once during each 60 day period during which the agency has placed or referred a health care practitioner in the home care setting.

(h) The agency shall maintain the original of the plan of care and any revised plan of care and shall give copies to the patient or the patient's representative.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:45B-14.9

Recodified from N.J.A.C. 13:45B-15.9 by R.2008 d.92, effective 4/21/2008.
See: 40 N.J.R. 91(b), 40 N.J.R. 2118(a).