N.J. Admin. Code § 5:27A-4.5

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

Section 5:27A-4.5 - Personnel

(a) The facility shall develop written job descriptions and shall ensure that personnel are assigned duties based upon their education, training, and competencies and in accordance with their job descriptions.

(b) All personnel who require licensure, certification, or authorization to provide resident care shall be licensed, certified, or authorized under the appropriate laws and/or rules of the State of New Jersey.

(c) The facility shall maintain and implement written staffing schedules. Actual hours worked by each employee shall be documented.

(d) The facility shall develop and implement a staff orientation and a staff education plan, including plans for each service and designation of person(s) responsible for training. All personnel shall receive orientation at the time of employment and at least annual in-service education regarding, at a minimum, emergency plans and procedures and the infection prevention and control program.

(e) The staffing ratios of this chapter are the minimum only and the residential health care facility shall employ staff in sufficient number and with sufficient ability and training to provide the basic care and resident supervision required in this chapter.

(f) The facility shall have a policy regarding personnel with a reportable communicable disease, infection or exposure to infection, specifying that such an employee shall be excluded from the residential health care facility until that employee has received a physical examination and certification that the condition will not endanger the health of residents or other employees.

N.J. Admin. Code § 5:27A-4.5