N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43G-7A.4

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

Section 8:43G-7A.4 - Primary stroke center staff qualifications

(a) There shall be a physician director of a primary stroke center, who may also serve as a physician member of a stroke team, who is board certified in neurology or neurosurgery and who shall meet two or more of the following qualifications:

1. Completion of a stroke fellowship;

2. Participation (as an attendee or faculty) in at least two regional, national or international stroke courses or conferences each year;

3. Authorship of five or more peer-reviewed publications on stroke; and/or

4. Eight or more continuing medical education (CME) credits each year in the area of cerebrovascular disease.

(b) At a minimum, an acute care stroke team shall consist of:

1. A neurologist, emergency physician or hospitalist who is board certified or board eligible in critical care, neurology, emergency medicine, family medicine, general internal medicine, general surgery or anesthesiology with special competence in caring for acute stroke patients; and

2. A registered nurse, physician assistant or nurse practitioner who has demonstrated competency, as determined by the physician director described in (a) above, in caring for acute stroke patients.

(c) Each physician member of a stroke team, except residents functioning under supervision as part of the hospital's graduate residency training program, shall meet one or more of the following qualifications:

1. Completion of a stroke fellowship;

2. Participation (as an attendee or faculty) in at least two regional, national or international stroke courses or conferences each year;

3. Authorship of five or more peer-reviewed publications on stroke; or

4. Eight or more CME credits each year in the area of cerebrovascular disease.

(d) Neurology and emergency department personnel shall be trained in the diagnosis and treatment of acute stroke in accordance with the training and education requirements set forth in 8:43G-7A.5(a)1.

(e) Nursing staff and unlicensed assistive personnel assigned to intermediate or telemetry or critical care beds utilized for acute stroke patients shall be trained and experienced in caring for acute stroke patients in accordance with the training and education requirements set forth in 8:43G-7A.5(a)1.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43G-7A.4

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 the introductory paragraph of (a), substituted "board certified" for "board-certified"; and rewrote (b)1.