N.J. Admin. Code § 8:39-3.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 17, September 3, 2024

Section 8:39-3.3 - Reporting compliance with advisory standards

(a) Compliance with advisory standards shall be calculated in accordance with the following:

1. The Department shall verify that at least 90 percent of no more than 30 advisory standards randomly selected from the total number of advisory standards which the facility claims to have met are in fact met; and

2. If the compliance rate determined at (a)1 above is 90 percent or greater, then, for any advisory subchapter in which the facility has claimed to meet 65 percent or more of the standards in the subchapter, recognition for meeting the entire subchapter shall be given.

(b) If a facility applies for a certificate of need, compliance with six or more of the following advisory subchapters at the time of the most recent survey of the facility shall be taken into consideration: access to care (N.J.A.C. 8:39-6), resident assessment and care plans (N.J.A.C. 8:39-12), pharmacy (N.J.A.C. 8:39-30), infection control and sanitation (N.J.A.C. 8:39-20), resident activities (N.J.A.C. 8:39-8), dietary services (N.J.A.C. 8:39-18), medical services (N.J.A.C. 8:39-24), nurse staffing (N.J.A.C. 8:39-26), physical environment (N.J.A.C. 8:39-32), and quality assessment and/or quality improvement (N.J.A.C. 8:39-34).

(c) If a facility can demonstrate that it has a system in place to meet the requirement, even though it is not applicable at the time of the survey, the surveyors may deem that, in their judgment, the standard is met.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:39-3.3