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Title 8 - HEALTHChapter 39 - STANDARDS FOR LICENSURE OF LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES
Subchapter 31 - MANDATORY PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
Section 8:39-31.1 - Mandatory construction standards

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:39-31.1

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Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024
Section 8:39-31.1 - Mandatory construction standards
(a) No construction, renovation or addition shall be undertaken without first obtaining approval from the Department, Division of Certificate of Need and Licensing and/or the Department of Community Affairs, Health Care Plan Review Unit.
(b) New construction, alterations and additions of long-term care facilities shall comply with the Uniform Construction Code (N.J.A.C. 5:23) as adopted by the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. The New Jersey Uniform Construction Code may be obtained from the Construction Code Element of the Department of Community Affairs, PO Box 805, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0805.
(c) Fire safety maintenance and retrofit of long-term care facilities shall comply with the Uniform Fire Safety Code (N.J.A.C. 5:18) as adopted by the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. The New Jersey Uniform Fire Safety Code may be obtained from the Fire Safety Element of the Department of Community Affairs, PO Box 809, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0809.
(d) Required annual maintenance inspections by the Department of Health for a facility participating in the Medicare or Medicaid programs shall be conducted, in accordance with the edition of the National Fire Protection Associations Life Safety Code that has been adopted by the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented; however, this code shall not be enforced to exceed the requirements of the Uniform Construction Code referenced, at (b) above. A facility that does not participate in either the Medicare or Medicaid programs shall be inspected under the version of the Life Safety Code in effect at the time of original licensure; however, this code shall not be enforced to exceed the requirements of the Uniform Construction Code referenced at (b) above. (Copies of the Life Safety Code may be obtained from the National Fire Protection Association, Battery March Park, Quincy, MA 02200.)

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:39-31.1

Amended by 53 N.J.R. 2199(a), effective 12/20/2021