N.J. Admin. Code Tit. 8, ch. 39 - STANDARDS FOR LICENSURE OF LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES

  1. Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§ 8:39-1.1 to 8:39-1.2)
  2. Subchapter 2 - LICENSURE PROCEDURE (§ 8:39-2.1 to 8:39-2.12)
  3. Subchapter 3 - COMPLIANCE WITH MANDATORY RULES AND ADVISORY STANDARDS (§ 8:39-3.1 to 8:39-3.3)
  4. Subchapter 4 - MANDATORY RESIDENT RIGHTS (§ 8:39-4.1)
  5. Subchapter 5 - MANDATORY ACCESS TO CARE (§ 8:39-5.1 to 8:39-5.4)
  6. Subchapter 6 - ADVISORY ACCESS TO CARE (§ 8:39-6.1)
  7. Subchapter 7 - MANDATORY RESIDENT ACTIVITIES (§ 8:39-7.1 to 8:39-7.4)
  8. Subchapter 8 - ADVISORY RESIDENT ACTIVITIES (§ 8:39-8.1 to 8:39-8.4)
  9. Subchapter 9 - MANDATORY ADMINISTRATION (§ 8:39-9.1 to 8:39-9.6)
  10. Subchapter 10 - ADVISORY ADMINISTRATION (§ 8:39-10.1 to 8:39-10.3)
  11. Subchapter 11 - MANDATORY RESIDENT ASSESSMENT AND CARE PLANS (§ 8:39-11.1 to 8:39-11.2)
  12. Subchapter 12 - ADVISORY RESIDENT ASSESSMENT AND CARE PLANS (§ 8:39-12.1 to 8:39-12.2)
  13. Subchapter 13 - MANDATORY COMMUNICATION (§ 8:39-13.1 to 8:39-13.4)
  14. Subchapter 14 - ADVISORY COMMUNICATION (§ 8:39-14.1 to 8:39-14.2)
  15. Subchapter 15 - MANDATORY DENTAL SERVICES (§ 8:39-15.1)
  16. Subchapter 16 - ADVISORY DENTAL SERVICES (§ 8:39-16.1)
  17. Subchapter 17 - MANDATORY DIETARY SERVICES (§ 8:39-17.1 to 8:39-17.4)
  18. Subchapter 18 - ADVISORY DIETARY SERVICES (§ 8:39-18.1 to 8:39-18.5)
  19. Subchapter 19 - MANDATORY INFECTION CONTROL AND SANITATION (§ 8:39-19.1 to 8:39-19.8)
  20. Subchapter 20 - ADVISORY INFECTION CONTROL AND SANITATION (§ 8:39-20.1 to 8:39-20.3)
  21. Subchapter 21 - MANDATORY LAUNDRY SERVICES (§ 8:39-21.1 to 8:39-21.4)
  22. Subchapter 22 - RESERVED
  23. Subchapter 23 - MANDATORY MEDICAL SERVICES (§ 8:39-23.1 to 8:39-23.3)
  24. Subchapter 24 - ADVISORY MEDICAL SERVICES (§ 8:39-24.1 to 8:39-24.2)
  25. Subchapter 25 - MANDATORY NURSE STAFFING (§ 8:39-25.1 to 8:39-25.2)
  26. Subchapter 26 - ADVISORY NURSE STAFFING (§ 8:39-26.1 to 8:39-26.4)
  27. Subchapter 27 - MANDATORY QUALITY OF CARE (§ 8:39-27.1 to 8:39-27.5)
  28. Subchapter 28 - ADVISORY QUALITY OF CARE (§ 8:39-28.1 to 8:39-28.2)
  29. Subchapter 29 - MANDATORY PHARMACY (§ 8:39-29.1 to 8:39-29.8)
  30. Subchapter 30 - ADVISORY PHARMACY (§ 8:39-30.1 to 8:39-30.4)
  31. Subchapter 31 - MANDATORY PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT (§ 8:39-31.1 to 8:39-31.8)
  32. Subchapter 32 - ADVISORY PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT (§ 8:39-32.1 to 8:39-32.3)
  33. Subchapter 33 - MANDATORY QUALITY ASSESSMENT AND/OR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT (§ 8:39-33.1 to 8:39-33.4)
  34. Subchapter 34 - ADVISORY QUALITY ASSESSMENT AND/OR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT (§ 8:39-34.1)
  35. Subchapter 35 - MANDATORY MEDICAL RECORDS (§ 8:39-35.1 to 8:39-35.2)
  36. Subchapter 36 - ADVISORY MEDICAL RECORDS (§ 8:39-36.1 to 8:39-36.3)
  37. Subchapter 37 - MANDATORY REHABILITATION (§ 8:39-37.1 to 8:39-37.4)
  38. Subchapter 38 - ADVISORY REHABILITATION (§ 8:39-38.1 to 8:39-38.3)
  39. Subchapter 39 - MANDATORY SOCIAL WORK (§ 8:39-39.1 to 8:39-39.5)
  40. Subchapter 39A - SOCIAL ISOLATION PREVENTION (§ 8:39-39A.1 to 8:39-39A.10)
  41. Subchapter 40 - ADVISORY SOCIAL WORK (§ 8:39-40.1 to 8:39-40.5)
  42. Subchapter 41 - MANDATORY STAFF POSTING AND REPORTING STANDARDS (§ 8:39-41.1 to 8:39-41.4)
  43. Subchapter 42 - RESERVED
  44. Subchapter 43 - CERTIFICATION OF NURSE AIDES IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES (§ 8:39-43.1 to 8:39-43.18)
  45. Subchapter 44 - MANDATORY STANDARDS FOR RESPITE CARE SERVICES (§ 8:39-44.1 to 8:39-44.2)
  46. Subchapter 44A - ADVISORY STANDARDS FOR RESPITE CARE SERVICES (§ 8:39-44A.1)
  47. Subchapter 45 - ALZHEIMER'S/DEMENTIA PROGRAMS (§ 8:39-45.1 to 8:39-45.2)
  48. Subchapter 46 - ALZHEIMER'S/DEMENTIA PROGRAMS-ADVISORY STANDARDS (§ 8:39-46.1 to 8:39-46.6)
  49. Subchapter 47 - SUBACUTE CARE UNIT IN AN ACUTE CARE GENERAL HOSPITAL (§ 8:39-47.1 to 8:39-47.5)
  50. Appendix A - , version 14
  51. Appendix B - , version 13
  52. Appendix C - , version 9
  53. Appendix D - , version 7
  54. Appendix E - , version 6
  55. Appendix F - , version 4

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code Tit. 8, ch. 39
CHAPTER SOURCE AND EFFECTIVE DATE:
Effective: 11/22/2021.
See: 53 N.J.R. 2199(a).
CHAPTER HISTORICAL NOTE:
Chapter 39, Standards for Licensure of Long-Term Care Facilities, was adopted as R.1977 d.222, effective 1/1/1978. See: 9 N.J.R. 171(c), 9 N.J.R. 322(c).
Chapter 39, Standards for Licensure of Long-Term Care Facilities, was repealed and Chapter 39, Long-Term Care Facilities, was adopted as new rules by R.1983 d.236, effective 6/20/1983. See: 15 N.J.R. 279(a), 15 N.J.R. 1022(b).
Chapter 39, Long-Term Care Facilities, was repealed and Chapter 39, Manual of Standards for Long-Term Care, was adopted as new rules by R.1988 d.280, effective 6/20/1988. See: 20 N.J.R. 469(a), 20 N.J.R. 1432(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 39, Manual of Standards for Long-Term Care, was readopted as R.1993 d.341, effective 6/14/1993. See: 25 N.J.R. 1474(a), 25 N.J.R. 2878(a).
Chapter 39, Manual of Standards for Long-Term Care, was repealed and Chapter 39, Standards for Licensure of Long-Term Care Facilities, was adopted as new rules by R.1994 d.582, effective 11/21/1994, operative January 1, 1995, except Subchapter 43, operative November 21, 1994. See: 26 N.J.R. 1772(c), 26 N.J.R. 4641(a). Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 39 expired on 11/21/1999.
Chapter 39, Standards for Licensure of Long-Term Care Facilities, was adopted as new rules by R.2001 d.297, effective 8/20/2001. See: 32 N.J.R. 3003(a), 33 N.J.R. 2851(a).
Chapter 39, Standards for Licensure of Long-Term Care Facilities, was readopted as R.2007 d.83, effective 2/15/2007. As a part of R.2007 d.83, Appendices E and F were adopted as new rules, effective 3/19/2007. See: 38 N.J.R. 4141(a), 39 N.J.R. 924(a).
Subchapter 41, Mandatory Staff Posting and Reporting Standards, and Appendix G were adopted as new rules by R.2010 d.019, effective 1/19/2010. See: 41 N.J.R. 42(a), 42 N.J.R. 468(b).
Appendix C, Patient Information Transfer Form, was repealed; and Appendices D through G were recodified as C through F by R.2011 d.198, effective 8/1/2011 (operative October 30, 2011). See: 42 N.J.R. 1462(a), 43 N.J.R. 1875(a).
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:14B-5.1b, Chapter 39, Standards for Licensure of Long-Term Care Facilities, was scheduled to expire on 2/15/2014. See: 43 N.J.R. 1203(a).
Chapter 39, Standards for Licensure of Long-Term Care Facilities, was readopted, effective 12/23/2013. See: 46 N.J.R. 221(b).
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:14B-5.1, Chapter 39, Standards for Licensure of Long-Term Care Facilities, was scheduled to expire on 12/23/2020. Pursuant to Executive Order Nos. 127 (2020) and 244 (2021) and P.L. 2021, c. 103, any chapter of the New Jersey Administrative Code that would otherwise have expired during the Public Health Emergency originally declared in Executive Order No. 103 (2020) is extended through January 1, 2022. Chapter 39, Standards for Licensure of Long-Term Care Facilities, was readopted with technical changes effective 11/22/2021. See: Source and Effective Date. See, also, section annotations.

CHAPTER AUTHORITY:

N.J.S.A. 26:2H-1 et seq., specifically N.J.S.A. 26:2H-5.

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