N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43F-3.6

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 8:43F-3.6 - Participant care policies and procedures

(a) Written policies and procedures for the care of participants shall be established, implemented, and reviewed at intervals specified in the policies and procedures. Each review of the policies and procedures shall be documented. Policies and procedures shall include, but not be limited to, policies and procedures for the following:

1. The determination of staffing levels on the basis of the daily census and on the basis of an assessment of the acuity of participant need;

2. The referral of participants to other health care providers, in order to provide a continuum of care for the participant;

3. Emergency care of participants, including notification of the participant's family;

4. Participant instruction and health education, including the provision of printed and/or written instructions and information for participants, with multilingual instructions as indicated;

5. Advance directives, including, but not limited to, the following:

i. The circumstances under which an inquiry will be made of adult participants;

ii. Requirements for provision of a written statement of participants' rights regarding advance directives, approved by the Commissioner or his or her designee, to such participants; and

iii. Requirements for documentation in the medical record;

6. The prohibition of smoking in the facility in accordance with 26:3D-55 et seq.;

7. Discharge, transfer, and readmission of participants, including criteria for each;

8. The care and control of pets if the facility permits pets in the facility or on its premises; and

9. Exclusion of participants from the facility, and authorization to return to the facility, for participants with communicable disease.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43F-3.6

Recodified from N.J.A.C. 8:43F-3.9 and amended by R.2005 d.388, effective 12/19/2005 (operative February 1, 2006).
See: 36 N.J.R. 5240(a), 37 N.J.R. 385(a), 4931(a).
Rewrote the section.
Former N.J.A.C. 8:43F-3.6, Administrative policies and procedures, recodified to N.J.A.C. 8:43F-3.3 and amended.
Amended by R.2009 d.345, effective 11/16/2009 (operative April 1, 2010).
See: 40 N.J.R. 6266(a), 41 N.J.R. 4212(a).
In the introductory paragraph of (a)6, substituted "prohibition" for "control" and updated the N.J.S.A. reference; and deleted (a)6i through (a)6iv.