N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:51-7.1 - Health care and medical treatment

(a) Level I health care and medical treatment requirements for children are as follows:

1. The resource family parent, in cooperation with the Division worker, shall ensure that the medical, dental, mental/behavioral health, and other health care needs of each child in placement who is under age 18 or when the case plan states that the resource family parent is responsible are adequately and promptly met, including arranging for emergency, routine, and follow-up medical, dental, mental/behavioral health, and other health care.

2. The resource family parent shall ensure that each child living in the home, including children in placement under age 18 or when the case plan states that the resource family parent is responsible and all other children in the resource family, receives all age-appropriate immunizations as recommended by the child's physician, unless a physician or advanced practice nurse documents that immunization would be detrimental to the child's health.

3. A child residing in the home who is not in placement shall be exempted from immunization, if:

i. The parent objects thereto in a written statement submitted to the Department, signed by the parent, explaining how the immunization conflicts with the child's exercise of bona fide religious tenets or practices; or

ii. Immunization is contrary to the child's health as documented by a physician or advanced practice nurse.

(b) The resource family parent shall maintain documentation of all medical, dental, and other health care examinations and treatment for each child in placement who is under age 18 or when the case plan states that the resource family parent is responsible. The resource family parent shall contact the worker to obtain this information if he or she does not have documentation of a child's examinations and treatment.

(c) The resource family parent shall ensure that all medical, dental, psychological, and psychiatric treatment or medication administered to a child in placement who is under age 18 is explained to the child in an age-appropriate manner.

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:51-7.1

Administrative Change, 49 N.J.R. 98a. Amended by 49 N.J.R. 2792(a), effective 8/21/2017 Amended by 51 N.J.R. 1263(b), effective 8/5/2019