N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43F-16.3

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

Section 8:43F-16.3 - Employee health history and examinations

(a) The facility shall require all new employees to complete a health history and to receive an examination performed by a physician, advanced practice nurse, or physician assistant, within two weeks prior to the first day of employment or upon employment. If the new employee receives a nursing assessment upon employment, the physician, advanced practice nurse or physician assistant examination may be deferred for up to 30 days from the first day of employment. The facility shall establish criteria for determining the content and frequency of physical examinations for employees, and shall develop policies which specify the circumstances under which other persons providing direct participant care services shall receive a physical examination.

(b) The facility shall develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure that all volunteers and students who have direct participant care responsibilities on a routine basis provide documentation that they have received, at a minimum, a Mantoux tuberculin skin test and either a physical examination or a certification of health status from a physician, advanced practice nurse or physician assistant.

(c) Yearly influenza immunization shall be offered to employees at no charge.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43F-16.3