N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:55-3.7 - Reporting requirements
(a) The director or
any staff member shall immediately notify verbally the Department's toll-free
hotline, 1-877-NJ-ABUSE (652-2873), whenever there is reasonable cause to
believe that a child has been or is being abused or neglected by staff members
or any other person, as required by
N.J.S.A.
9:6-8.9, 8.10, 8.13, and 8.14. Copies of the
law and information about it are available from the Department at
www.nj.gov/dcf/reporting.
(b) The facility shall notify the Office of
Licensing verbally of any of the following changes or events by the next
working day after the facility learns of their occurrence, to be followed by
written notification to the Office of Licensing within five working days:
1. Injury, accident or illness that results
in the admittance of a child to a hospital;
2. The death of a child while the child was
on the premises of the facility or in the care of a staff member or
volunteer;
3. Temporary or
permanent closing of the facility; and
4. Any criminal conviction of a staff member,
as specified in
N.J.A.C.
3A:55-5.1(b).
(c) The facility shall notify the
Office of Licensing verbally of any of the following changes or events by the
next working day after the facility learns of their occurrence:
1. The occurrence of a reportable disease, as
specified in the State Sanitary Code at N.J.A.C.
8:57;
2. Proposed
relocation of the facility to a site not approved by local municipal officials
and the Office of Licensing, as specified in
N.J.A.C.
3A:55-4.1;
3. Damage to the premises of the facility
caused by fire, accident or the weather; and
4. Proposed use of space involving rooms not
approved by the Office of Licensing, as specified in
N.J.A.C.
3A:55-4.1(a)5.
(d) The facility shall notify the
Office of Licensing in writing at least 30 calendar days before any of the
following proposed changes or events:
1. The
anticipated closing or relocation of the facility for any reason other than
temporary closings for holidays and vacations;
2. A change or anticipated change of director
of the facility;
3. A change of
type of children served; or
4. A
change of services offered.
(e) The facility shall notify the placing
agency and the child's parents within 24 hours of any unauthorized absence of a
child from the facility.
Notes
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