N.J. Admin. Code § 10:49-4.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 23, December 2, 2024

Section 10:49-4.5 - Quality of care requirements

(a) To ensure quality, continuity and proper coordination of medical care, each shared health care facility shall:

1. Where feasible, designate an individual who, on a full-time basis, shall coordinate and manage the facility's activities;

2. Devise an appropriate means of insuring that patients shall be scheduled to return for appropriate follow-up care and shall be treated by a provider familiar with patient's medical history;

3. Post conspicuously the names and scheduled office hours of all providers practicing in the facility;

4. Maintain proper records. Such records shall contain at least the following information:

i. The full name, address and Program Number of the patient;

ii. The dates of all visits to all providers in the shared health care facility;

iii. The chief complaint for each visit to each provider in the shared health care facility;

iv. Pertinent history and all physical examinations rendered by each provider in the shared health care facility;

v. Diagnostic impressions for each visit to any provider in the shared health care facility;

vi. All medications prescribed at each visit by any provider in the shared health care facility who is qualified to issue prescriptions;

vii. The precise dosage and prescription regimens for each medication prescribed by a provider in the shared health care facility;

viii. All x-ray, laboratory work and electrocardiograms ordered at each visit by any provider in the shared health care facility;

ix. The results of all x-ray, laboratory work and electrocardiograms ordered as in (a)4viii above;

x. All referrals by providers in the shared health care facility to other medical providers and the reason for such referrals, and date of referral; and

xi. A statement as to whether or not the patient is expected to return for further treatment.

5. The Division shall have the right to inspect the business records, patient records, leases and other contracts executed by any provider in a shared health care facility. Such inspections may be by site visits to the shared health care facility.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10:49-4.5

Amended by R.1998 d.154, effective 2/27/1998 (operative March 1, 1998; to expire August 31, 1998).
See: 30 New Jersey Register 1060(a).
In (a)4i, substituted a reference to Program Numbers for a reference to Medicaid Numbers.
Adopted concurrent proposal, R.1998 d.487, effective 8/28/1998.
See: 30 New Jersey Register 1060(a), 30 New Jersey Register 3519(a).
Readopted the provisions of R.1998 d.154 without change.