N.J. Admin. Code § 8:42-7.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 8, April 15, 2024

Section 8:42-7.5 - Homemaker-home health aide services

(a) An agency, in providing homemaker-home health aide services, shall ensure that:

1. The homemaker-home health aide that the agency retains to provide these services is a CHHA and provides verification of that certification to the agency, which the agency maintains in the agency personnel record for that CHHA;

2. A CHHA provides personal care and/or homemaking services that are within the scope of practice of a CHHA, in accordance with N.J.A.C. 13:37-14.3, and under the supervision of a registered professional nurse, in accordance with N.J.A.C. 13:37-6.2.

i. Prior to a CHHA rendering services to a patient, a registered professional nurse shall orient the CHHA to that patient and shall give written instructions to the CHHA regarding the home health services to be provided. Copies of the written instructions shall be kept in the patient's home and documentation of services shall be kept in the patient's medical/health record;

ii. The delegation of tasks to a CHHA by a registered professional nurse is consistent with N.J.A.C. 13:37-6.2 and 14.3; and

iii. Dosage administered;

3. The CHHA documents the homemaker-home health services provided to a patient in the patient's medical record.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:42-7.5

Amended by 48 N.J.R. 1445(a), effective 7/18/2016

Amended by 55 N.J.R. 2546(a), effective 12/18/2023