N.J. Admin. Code § 8:57-5.9

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

Section 8:57-5.9 - Directly Observed Therapy

(a) Health care providers may prescribe DOT as a method to monitor the adherence of a patient to his or her prescribed treatment for tuberculosis disease.

1. Health care providers may utilize the Department's TB Standards of Care as a guideline for appropriate utilization of DOT.

(b) Only the patient's health care provider shall have the authority to order or discontinue DOT.

1. If a health care provider discontinues an order for DOT:

i. Any health officer requiring DOT shall be immediately rescinded; and

ii. The health officer who petitioned the Superior Court for court ordered DOT, shall request that the court order be rescinded.

(c) The local health officer in the patient's health jurisdiction of residence shall ensure the provision of DOT as ordered by a health care provider by providing field services as established at 8:57-5.6.

1. The provision of DOT on a daily, twice weekly or three times weekly basis shall continue until discontinued by the health care provider.

(d) The designated public health nurse case manager or designee for the health jurisdiction of the patient's residence shall negotiate a time and place to provide DOT.

1. The patient may request a reasonable amendment to an established DOT schedule or location from the public health nurse case manager or designee.

2. The public health nurse case manager or designee shall consider the patient's needs and the availability of resources in determining whether to make any accommodation.

(e) The public health nurse case manager shall intervene pursuant to 8:57-5.10 if a patient is not at least 80 percent adherent to a prescribed DOT regimen over any one-month period throughout the duration of treatment.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:57-5.9

New Rule, R.2009 d.107, effective 4/6/2009.
See: 40 N.J.R. 1962(a), 41 N.J.R. 1419(a).
Former N.J.A.C. 8:57-5.9, Due process, recodified to N.J.A.C. 8:57-5.15.

The adopted version of this section 56 N.J.R. 213(a), effective 1/3/2024 is not yet available