N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43G-5.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 11, June 3, 2024

Section 8:43G-5.5 - Administrative and hospital-wide patient services

(a) To meet the needs of pediatric patients, the hospital shall have available medical and nursing staff with specialized pediatric training and shall have equipment adaptable to the needs of pediatric patients on-site.

(b) The hospital shall ensure the safe transport of patients within the hospital, according to each patient's medical needs. This system shall include at least interdepartmental reporting of incidents and changes in the patient's condition during transportation and during the period the patient is in another service and providing an accompanying health professional for those patients whose condition warrants it.

(c) The hospital shall provide interpretive services, when necessary, for patients who do not speak English and for patients who are deaf. The facility shall provide other communication assistance, as needed, for patients who are blind.

(d) The hospital shall have a system to link patients with clergy or spiritual counselors, upon request.

(e) For patient and staff safety, the hospital shall have a security system which is rigidly enforced and includes at least an identification system for employees, volunteers, and medical staff and control of access to and egress from the hospital.

(f) There shall be a means to summon immediate emergency response for medical emergencies occurring in the hospital.

(g) Each department in the hospital providing direct patient care shall have a health care professional capable of initiating cardiopulmonary resuscitation on duty at all times when patients are present.

(h) The hospital shall develop and implement written policies and procedures for identifying and supporting the needs of a breastfeeding mother and/or a child at the point of entry into the facility, that is, at registration in the emergency department, upon arrival for same-day surgery, and on admission to the facility.

1. These policies and procedures shall require appropriate staff to:

i. Document breastfeeding needs in the medical record; and

ii. Review these policies and procedures every three years and make revisions at any time as necessary.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43G-5.5

Amended by R.1992 d.72, effective 2/18/1992.
See: 23 N.J.R. 2590(a), 24 N.J.R. 590(a).
Text on CPR staff added at (i).
Amended by R.1999 d.436, effective 12/20/1999.
See: 31 N.J.R. 367(a), 31 N.J.R. 614(a), 31 N.J.R. 4293(c).
Rewrote (c); deleted former (e) and (f); and recodified former (g) through (i) as (e) through (g).
Amended by R.2014 d.025, effective 1/21/2014.
See: 45 N.J.R. 194(a), 46 N.J.R. 214(a).
Added (h).