N.J. Admin. Code § 8:111-2.12

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 12, June 17, 2024

Section 8:111-2.12 - Surrender of a license

(a) When a facility elects to voluntarily surrender a license, it shall provide written notice of its intention to do so and the specific date on which it shall surrender its license, as follows:

1. The facility shall provide the Division at least 45 days' notice prior to the license surrender date;

2. The facility shall provide each client, prescribing physician(s), and primary substance abuse counselor(s) at least 30 days' prior notice of its intention to surrender its license. In consultation with the Division, the facility shall arrange for each client to be transferred to a licensed facility or other licensed program capable of providing the appropriate level of client care;

3. The facility shall provide appropriate notice, in writing, to any facility to which it has sent client referrals and from which it has received client referrals in the past year; and

4. The facility shall provide each guarantor of payment at least 30 days prior notice.

(b) When a facility is ordered by the Division to surrender its license, the facility administrator named in the original license application, the person(s) currently acting in their capacity, and/or the facility's appropriate legal representative shall provide written notice of the surrender as required at (a)2, 3, and 4 above, unless the order sets forth other or additional notice requirements.

(c) All notices to the Division regarding voluntary or ordered surrender of a license, and the physical license, shall be sent to the address set forth at N.J.A.C. 8:111-2.1(b). All notices and the original license must be sent to the Division within seven working days of the date that such decision is announced by the agency director, verbally or otherwise, to clients and/or facility staff and/or seven days from the postmarked receipt date of the Division's written licensure surrender request.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:111-2.12

Amended and recodified from 10:161A-2.12 53 N.J.R. 2208(a), effective 12/20/2021