N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:51-7.5 - Personal care and hygiene

(a) Level I personal care and hygiene requirements are as follows:

1. The resource family parent shall provide the child in placement with appropriate hygiene supplies.

2. For a child in placement unable to provide for his or her own personal care and hygiene, the resource family parent shall bathe and groom the child.

3. The resource family parent shall ensure that each child in placement has the opportunity for at least eight hours of uninterrupted sleep each night.

(b) The resource family parent shall instruct the child in placement in age-appropriate personal care, hygiene and grooming habits.

(c) The resource family parent may permit a child in placement to maintain cosmetics and personal hygiene supplies, as developmentally appropriate.

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N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:51-7.5

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