N.J. Admin. Code Tit. 5, ch. 27A - STANDARDS FOR LICENSURE OF RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES NOT LOCATED WITH, AND OPERATED BY, LICENSED HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

  1. Subchapter 1 - DEFINITIONS AND QUALIFICATIONS (§ 5:27A-1.1 to 5:27A-1.5)
  2. Subchapter 2 - LICENSURE PROCEDURES (§ 5:27A-2.1 to 5:27A-2.9)
  3. Subchapter 3 - PHYSICAL PLANT FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATIONS, AND ADDITIONS (§ 5:27A-3.1 to 5:27A-3.7)
  4. Subchapter 3A - PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT FOR EXISTING RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (§ 5:27A-3A.1 to 5:27A-3A.11)
  5. Subchapter 4 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS (§ 5:27A-4.1 to 5:27A-4.17)
  6. Subchapter 5 - ADMINISTRATION (§ 5:27A-5.1 to 5:27A-5.2)
  7. Subchapter 6 - RESIDENT CARE POLICIES (§ 5:27A-6.1 to 5:27A-6.3)
  8. Subchapter 7 - PERSONAL CARE SERVICES (§ 5:27A-7.1 to 5:27A-7.3)
  9. Subchapter 8 - DIETARY SERVICES (§ 5:27A-8.1 to 5:27A-8.4)
  10. Subchapter 9 - HEALTH SERVICES (§ 5:27A-9.1 to 5:27A-9.2)
  11. Subchapter 10 - MEDICATIONS (§ 5:27A-10.1 to 5:27A-10.3)
  12. Subchapter 11 - RECREATIONAL SERVICES (§ 5:27A-11.1)
  13. Subchapter 12 - EMERGENCY SERVICES AND PROCEDURES (§ 5:27A-12.1 to 5:27A-12.3)
  14. Subchapter 13 - RESIDENT RECORDS (§ 5:27A-13.1)
  15. Subchapter 14 - RESIDENT RIGHTS (§ 5:27A-14.1 to 5:27A-14.2)
  16. Subchapter 15 - HOUSEKEEPING, SANITATION, SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE (§ 5:27A-15.1 to 5:27A-15.8)
  17. Subchapter 16 - INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL SERVICES (§ 5:27A-16.1 to 5:27A-16.6)
  18. Subchapter 17 - SURVEY PROCEDURES (§ 5:27A-17.1 to 5:27A-17.4)
  19. Subchapter 18 - ENFORCEMENT REMEDIES (§ 5:27A-18.1 to 5:27A-18.11)
  20. Subchapter 19 - CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTION EQUIPMENT (§ 5:27A-19.1)
  21. Appendix A - , version 3
  22. Appendix B - , version 3
  23. Appendix C - , version 2

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code Tit. 5, ch. 27A
CHAPTER SOURCE AND EFFECTIVE DATE:
Effective: 6/12/2024.
See: 56 N.J.R. 1236(d).
CHAPTER HISTORICAL NOTE:
Chapter 43, Boarding Homes for Sheltered Care, was adopted as R.1974 d.319, effective 11/19/1974. See: 6 N.J.R. 396(c), 6 N.J.R. 472(e). Chapter 43 was renamed Residential Health Care Facilities by R.1980 d.366, effective 8/8/1980. See: 12 N.J.R. 394(b), 12 N.J.R. 518(d).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 43, Residential Health Care Facilities, was readopted as R.1990 d.568, effective 10/24/1990. See: 22 N.J.R. 2499(a), 22 N.J.R. 3581(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 43, Residential Health Care Facilities, was readopted as R.1992 d.502, effective 11/19/1992. See: 24 N.J.R. 2506(a), 25 N.J.R. 109(a).
Chapter 43, Residential Health Care Facilities, was repealed and Chapter 43, Standards for Licensure of Residential Health Care Facilities, was adopted as new rules by R.1993 d.473, effective 10/4/1993 (operative February 12, 1994). See: 25 N.J.R. 25(a), 25 N.J.R. 4631(a). Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 43 expired on October 4, 1998.
Chapter 43, Standards for Licensure of Residential Health Care Facilities, was adopted as new rules by R.1998 d.579, effective 12/7/1998. See: 30 N.J.R. 3633(a), 30 N.J.R. 4221(b). Chapter 43, Standards for Licensure of Residential Health Care Facilities, expired on December 7, 2003.
Chapter 43, Standards for Licensure of Residential Health Care Facilities, was adopted as R.2005 d.73, effective 2/22/2005. See: 36 N.J.R. 3016(a), 37 N.J.R. 591(b).
Petition for Rulemaking. See: 39 N.J.R. 4341(a).
Pursuant to Reorganization Plan No. 002-2005 and by notice of administrative change, Chapter 43 of Title 8, Standards for Licensure of Residential Health Care Facilities, was duplicated as Subchapters 1 through 16 and Appendices A through C of Chapter 27A of Title 5; Subchapters 2 and 3 of Chapter 43E of Title 8 were duplicated as Subchapters 17 and 18 of Chapter 27A of Title 5; and the new chapter was renamed Standards for Licensure of Residential Health Care Facilities Not Located With, and Operated By, Licensed Health Care Facilities, effective 12/2/2008. See: 41 N.J.R. 225(a).
Chapter 27A, Standards for Licensure of Residential Health Care Facilities Not Located With, and Operated By, Licensed Health Care Facilities, was readopted as R.2010 d.143, effective 6/11/2010. See: 41 N.J.R. 3165(a), 42 N.J.R. 1357(b).
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:14B-5.1b, Chapter 27A, Standards for Licensure of Residential Health Care Facilities Not Located With, and Operated By, Licensed Health Care Facilities, was scheduled to expire on June 11, 2017. See: 43 N.J.R. 1203(a).
Chapter 27A, Standards for Licensure of Residential Health Care Facilities Not Located With, and Operated By, Licensed Health Care Facilities, was readopted as R.2017 d.235, effective 11/15/2017. As a part of R.2017 d.235, Subchapter 15, Housekeeping, Sanitation, Safety and Maintenance, was renamed Housekeeping, Sanitation, Safety, and Maintenance; and Subchapter 19, Carbon Monoxide Detection Equipment, was adopted as new rules, effective 12/18/2017. See: 49 N.J.R. 1965(a), 49 N.J.R. 3821(a).
Chapter 27A, Standards for Licensure of Residential Health Care Facilities Not Located With, and Operated By, Licensed Health Care Facilities, was readopted, effective 6/12/2024. See: Source and Effective Date.

CHAPTER AUTHORITY:

N.J.S.A. 26:2H-5 and 30:11A-3; and Reorganization Plan No. 002-2005.

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