N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43E-14.2

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

Section 8:43E-14.2 - Facility personnel to receive training

(a) A facility shall require workers who have direct contact and/or interaction with facility patients and/or visitors of facility patients to receive training in accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:43E-14.3, regardless of whether the contact or interaction is clinical or non-clinical in nature.

(b) As used in (a) above, provided they have the specified contact and/or interaction, "workers" include:

1. Health care professionals who hold professional credentials issued by the State of New Jersey, regardless of the compensation arrangement, contractual status, or privilege status that may exist between the professional and the facility, such as:

i. Health care professionals whose professional practice is regulated pursuant to Title 45 of the Revised Statutes;

ii. Radiologic technologists who hold licensure pursuant to N.J.S.A. 26:2D-25 et seq.;

iii. Emergency medical technicians and paramedics who hold certification pursuant to N.J.S.A. 26:2K-1 et seq.;

iv. Nursing home administrators who hold licensure pursuant to N.J.S.A. 30:11-13;

v. Nurse aides who hold certification pursuant to N.J.A.C. 8:39;

vi. Assisted living administrators who hold certification pursuant to N.J.A.C. 8:36 or licensure pursuant to N.J.A.C. 8:34; and

vii. Personal care assistants and medication aides who hold certification pursuant to N.J.A.C. 8:36; and

2. Paid and volunteer facility workers.

(c) Facilities that employ workers whose employment requires them to visit other facilities and have contact and/or interaction with the patients of, and/or the visitors of the patients of, other facilities, such as hospital workers who transport, or collect laboratory specimens from, nursing home patients, shall arrange training pursuant to N.J.A.C. 8:43E-14.3 for these workers, and the facilities that these workers visit need not arrange these workers' training pursuant to N.J.A.C. 8:43E-14.3.

(d) As an alternative to a facility requiring workers to receive training in accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:43E-14.3 from the facility, a facility can confirm that a worker already received that training from another entity, if the other entity is either:

1. A facility; or

2. A contractor or vendor that:

i. Is under a contractual duty of honesty, good faith, and fair dealing to the facility; and

ii. Maintains contemporaneous training records consistent with N.J.A.C. 8:43E-14.4 that are available upon request to the Department.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43E-14.2

Adopted by 49 N.J.R. 3166(a), effective 9/18/2017