N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:55-5.3

Current through Register Vol. 57, No. 1, January 6, 2025

Section 3A:55-5.3 - Staff to child ratios

(a) Each residential child care facility shall meet the following staff to child ratios:

1. The facility shall have a social services/clinical director when its capacity is more than 80 children;

2. The facility shall have a child care director when its capacity is more than 50 children;

3. There shall be at least one social services worker for every 15 children in facilities that provide services to children with emotional or behavioral problems, drug and alcohol problems, or physical disabilities, and in adventure programs that serve children with emotional or behavioral problems;

4. There shall be at least one full-time nurse at a facility that serves at least 35 children. A facility that serves fewer than 35 children shall have at least a part-time nurse who provides the equivalent of one hour of services per child each week;

5. There shall be at least one child care staff member for every six or fewer children during the waking hours;

6. During sleeping hours, there shall be at least one awake child care staff member in each living unit in the facility and at least one additional staff member awake and on-duty for each 50 children or fraction thereof, in the facility; and

7. There shall be at least one child care staff member awake and on-duty in living units that are co-educational during sleeping hours.

(b) A facility that has a capacity of 30 or fewer children may utilize the administrator/director of the facility to serve as the director of one other program area, provided that such person meets the qualifications for that position.

N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:55-5.3

Administrative Change, 49 N.J.R. 98a.

Amended by 50 N.J.R. 285(a), effective 1/16/2018