Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 23, December 2, 2024
Section 8:43G-1.1 - Scope and purpose(a) These rules and standards apply to each licensed general, psychiatric or special hospital facility. They are intended for use in State surveys of the hospitals and any ensuing enforcement actions. They are also designed to be useful to consumers and providers as a mechanism for privately assessing the quality of care provided in any acute care hospital.(b) This chapter contains rules intended to assure the high quality of care delivered in hospital facilities throughout New Jersey. Components of quality care addressed by these rules and standards include access to care, continuity of care, comprehensiveness of care, coordination of services, humaneness of treatment, conservatism in intervention, safety of environment, professionalism of caregivers, and participation in useful studies.N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43G-1.1
Amended by R.2011 d.055, effective 2/22/2011.
See: 42 N.J.R. 1774(a), 42 N.J.R. 2561(a), 43 N.J.R. 401(b).
In (a), inserted ", psychiatric".