N.J. Admin. Code § 10:37A-10.1

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

Section 10:37A-10.1 - Quality assurance

(a) The PA shall develop and implement written policies and procedures for an ongoing quality assurance (QA) program that meet the QA requirements for community agencies as articulated in N.J.A.C. 10:37-9. In addition, the PA shall ensure, through its quality assurance program, that supervised residences meet the program and facility requirements for licensure as specified in this chapter and that shared supportive housing residences meet the facility requirements for licensure as specified in this chapter.

(b) Areas to be monitored and evaluated include the following:

1. Therapeutic environment and life safety monitoring shall include at least quarterly documentation of safety inspections (including testing of smoke detectors) to assure the health, safety, and welfare of consumers in supervised residences and annual documentation of these inspections in shared supportive housing residences;

2. Adequacy of planning for more independent living and reduction of service intensity.

i. Barriers to discharge/transfer to a less restrictive living environment shall be reviewed annually for all consumers living in supervised residences.

ii. These review findings shall be forwarded to the agency quality assurance oversight (or utilization review) committee for review and follow-up and should be available at the time of a licensing review; and

3. Adequacy of intake and admission review process to ensure vacancies are filled expeditiously. Vacancy rates and the reasons for those vacancy rates shall also be monitored.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10:37A-10.1

Amended and recodified from 10:37A-8.1 by 48 N.J.R. 1636(a), effective 8/15/2016