N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43E-14.3

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

Section 8:43E-14.3 - Required training

(a) A facility shall ensure that workers to whom N.J.A.C. 8:43E-14.2 requires the facility to provide training pursuant to (b) below receive that training:

1. By March 18, 2018, with respect to existing facility workers; and

2. Within six months of the first day of employment at the facility, with respect to persons who become workers at the facility after September 18, 2017.

(b) Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:13-12.c, a facility shall require workers to receive training by means of one of the following:

1. The online webinar entitled, "Recognizing and Responding to Human Trafficking in a Healthcare Context," published February 2016, by the National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC), which is incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented, which is accessible:

i. Directly from the NHTRC website at http://traffickingresourcecenter.org/audience/service-providers; and

ii. Through the website of the New Jersey Hospital Association at http://www.njha.com/education; or

2. The online or in-person training entitled, "Stop. Observe. Ask. Respond to Human Trafficking (SOAR): A Training for Health Care and Social Service Providers," published August 2016, by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, which is incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented;

i. Registration for the SOAR training is available through the website of the Office on Trafficking in Persons of the Administration for Children and Families of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/endtrafficking/initiatives/soar.

ii. Participants who successfully complete SOAR training may apply for continuing education and continuing medical education credits from the SOAR training provider.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43E-14.3

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