N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:55-7.3

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

Section 3A:55-7.3 - General medical practices

(a) The facility shall ensure that any medical, dental, psychological or psychiatric treatment or medication administered to a child is explained to the child.

(b) When a serious accident or illness occurs to a child, the facility shall take the necessary emergency action and notify the child's parents and the placing agency immediately. The facility shall document these incidents in the child's record.

(c) When a child or staff member has a communicable disease, as specified in the table in (c)3 below, the facility shall:

1. Obtain a written statement from a licensed physician treating the child or staff member, confirming the diagnosis and indicating that there is no risk to the child or staff member, or to others before the child or staff member participates in group activities;

2. Isolate the child or staff member posing a risk to others; and

3. Contact the New Jersey State Department of Health, the local health department or other appropriate public health authority when the child or staff member has a reportable disease, as specified in the table below.

TABLE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

Respiratory illnesses	Gastro-intestinal	Contact
illnesses	illnesses
Chicken pox	Giardia lamblia *	Impetigo
German measles *	Hepatitis A *	Lice
Hemophilus influenzae *	Salmonella *	Scabies
Measles *	Shigella *
Meningococcus *
Mumps *
Strep throat
Tuberculosis *
Whooping cough *
...
* Reportable diseases, as specified in 3A:55-7.3(c)3.

N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:55-7.3

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

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