N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43J-3.5

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

Section 8:43J-3.5 - Childcare policies and procedures

(a) The facility shall develop, implement and review, at intervals specified in its policies and procedures, a manual of policies and procedures for the care of medically complex or technology-dependent children.

(b) Each review of the manual shall be documented and the manual shall be available in the facility to representatives of the Department at all times.

(c) The manual shall address at least the following:

1. Emergency care of children, which includes a disposition procedure to be followed in the event of a medical emergency, which includes notification of the child's parent;

2. Child instruction and health education, including the provision of printed and/or written instructions and information for a child's parent, with multilingual instructions, as indicated;

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

i. Routine inquiry, at the time of admission and at such other times as are appropriate under the circumstances, of a child's parent of the existence of an advanced directive;

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

iii. Requirements for documentation in the medical record;

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

5. Discharge, transfer, and readmission of children, including criteria for each; and

6. Exclusion of children and staff from the facility, and authorization to return to the facility, for children and staff with acute infectious diseases.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43J-3.5