N.J. Admin. Code § 8:36-22.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 8:36-22.1 - Eligibility

(a) Eligibility for conversion to a comprehensive personal care home shall be open exclusively to the following:

1. Freestanding residential health care facilities which were either licensed or certificate of need approved on or before December 20, 1993;

2. Residential health care beds located within a long-term care facility that were licensed or certificate of need approved on or before December 20, 1993;

3. Licensed long-term care beds; and

4. "Class C" boarding homes which were licensed by the Department of Community Affairs or under construction with approval from the Department of Community Affairs on or before December 20, 1993.

(b) Eligibility for the construction of new comprehensive personal care beds shall be open exclusively to the following:

1. Existing comprehensive personal care homes and existing facilities proposing conversion to a comprehensive personal care home that wish to add a limited number of beds. Within any five-year period the new construction of no more than 20 beds as an addition to an existing or proposed comprehensive personal care home may be proposed in accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:36-2.

i. Eligible facilities that wish to add more than 20 beds shall apply for approval as an assisted living residence.

2. Hospice programs which have been Medicare-certified for at least 12 consecutive months. If approved the facility shall be constructed using the most current New Jersey Uniform Construction Code, N.J.A.C. 5:23-3, Use Group I-2, applicable at the time plans are approved.

i. The facility shall be occupied exclusively by persons who are eligible for hospice services.

(c) Only applications proposing either conversion of the eligible facility's entire compliment of licensed beds, or conversion of one or more separate and distinct units, wings, floors or other areas within the facility, shall receive consideration for approval to convert to comprehensive personal care.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:36-22.1