N.J. Admin. Code § 8:36-5.6

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

Section 8:36-5.6 - Staffing requirements

(a) The facility or program shall maintain and implement written staffing schedules. Actual hours worked by each employee shall be documented.

(b) The facility or program shall develop and implement a staff orientation and a staff education plan, including plans for each service and designation of person(s) responsible for training. All personnel shall receive orientation at the time of employment and at least annual in-service education regarding, at a minimum, the following:

1. The provision of services and assistance in accordance with the concepts of assisted living and including care of residents with physical impairment;

2. Emergency plans and procedures;

3. The infection prevention and control program;

4. Resident rights;

5. Abuse and neglect;

6. Pain management; and

7. The care of residents with Alzheimer's and related dementia conditions and in accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:36-19.

(c) The staffing level in this chapter is minimum only and the assisted living residence, comprehensive personal care, or assisted living program shall employ staff in sufficient number and with sufficient ability and training to provide the basic resident care, assistance, and supervision required, based on an assessment of the acuity of residents' needs.

(d) Personnel, including staff under contract, with a reportable communicable disease or infection shall be excluded from the assisted living residence, comprehensive personal care home, or assisted living program until examined by a physician who shall certify to the administrator that the condition will not endanger the health of residents or other employees.

(e) The facility or program shall employ reasonable efforts to ensure that no employee has been convicted of a crime relating adversely to the person's ability to provide resident care, such as homicide, assault, kidnapping, sexual offenses, robbery, and crimes against the family, children or incompetents, except where the applicant or employee with a criminal history has demonstrated his rehabilitation in order to quality for employment at the facility or program.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:36-5.6