N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43-4.1

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

Section 8:43-4.1 - Minimum services and staffing

(a) Each residential health care facility shall provide at a minimum personal care, health maintenance and monitoring, pharmacy, dietary, and recreational services in a homelike environment.

(b) The facility shall provide at all times at least one employee who is at least 18 years of age in each building or structure occupied by residents, in order to provide necessary resident supervision, as follows:

1. In residential health care facilities with 24 or more residents, the facility shall provide sufficient staff for resident supervision 24 hours per day by an employee who is awake on the premises.

2. In residential health care facilities with fewer than 24 licensed beds, the facility shall provide sufficient staff for resident supervision. During the normal sleeping hours of residents (generally 10:00 P.M. to 6:00 A.M.), inactive resident supervision shall be provided by an employee who is on duty and available on the premises to provide care and services, but not necessarily awake.

3. Direct care staff who are less than 18 years of age shall be supervised at all times.

(c) In all residential health care facilities with more than 24 beds, the facility shall have the capacity to provide a sufficient number of on-duty employees (other than residents) to assure a minimum of one hour of resident supervision for each resident during a 24-hour period.

(d) In addition to meeting the requirements of (b) above, all residential health care facilities which have more than one floor shall have a system in place to assure resident safety by providing for immediate notification of staff through an emergency communication system and periodic monitoring of all areas occupied by residents.

(e) The facility shall adhere to applicable Federal, State, and local laws, rules, regulations, and requirements.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43-4.1