N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:53-2.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 23, December 2, 2024

Section 3A:53-2.2 - Rights of children

(a) The shelter facility or shelter home shall prepare a list of children's rights and shall post it in a prominent location in each shelter facility or shelter home or give it to each child and document such in each child's record. At a minimum, the list shall specify the children's right to:

1. Receive prompt medical treatment;

2. Have access to an appropriate education;

3. Live in a safe, clean, and healthy environment;

4. Be free of physical or sexual harassment or abuse and corporal punishment;

5. Attend religious services of their choice; and

6. Have unimpeded communication to the Department.

(b) The shelter facility or shelter home shall give this list of children's rights to the parents of the children applying for admission, to all staff members, and to all persons who request this information.

(c) The shelter facility or shelter home shall secure and maintain on file a record of the parents' and staff members' signatures attesting to their receipt of the list of children's rights.

(d) If the shelter facility or shelter home chooses to develop a search and seizure policy, the shelter facility or shelter home shall give all children, staff, and parents a copy of this policy, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:53-4.16.

(e) The shelter facility or shelter home shall prepare, post, or give to all staff members and children written grievance procedures governing how the children may raise questions about or voice disagreements with and concerns about procedures, care, and specific incidents. The shelter facility or shelter home shall not take or threaten to take retaliatory or disciplinary action of any kind against a child who uses the grievance procedure or files a grievance. The shelter facility or shelter home shall establish a procedure to explain these grievance procedures to children who are developmentally disabled.

N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:53-2.2

New Rule, R.2016 d.033, effective 4/18/2016.
See: 47 N.J.R. 2613(a), 47 N.J.R. 2695(a), 48 N.J.R. 649(a).
Former N.J.A.C. 10:124-2.2, Intake and admissions procedures, recodified to N.J.A.C. 10:124-2.3.