
Date Issued | Name | Summary |
August 17, 2023 |
End of Life Training for LTC and Hospitals |
All LTCs and hospitals are required to have staff complete annual training on advance care planning, end-of-life care, and the use of advance directives and Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) forms; provide patients and residents, and their families with educational materials; and develop and implement policies to identify and address end-of-life care issues for patients and residents upon admission to the facility. |
August 16, 2023 |
End of Life Training all General Hospital Emergency Departments |
This statute requires Emergency Departments and Satellite Emergency Departments to develop and implement a plan to integrate the provision of palliative care services for patients treated in the emergency department for whom palliative care is appropriate. |
March 22, 2023 |
Support Person for Patients | Guidance for Acute Care Hospitals to accommodate support persons during hospitalizations. |
July 23, 2021
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Cardiac Services Memo | The statute removes the Certificate of Need requirements for full-service adult diagnostic cardiac catheterization, primary angioplasty and elective angioplasty, and permits general hospitals to add these three services through a licensing process. |
July 21, 2021
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Hospital at Home Waiver | This waiver provides the requirements for general hospitals to participate in the CMS Hospital at Home program. |
July 6, 2021 |
Statutory Amendments to the licensing of cardiac services pursuant to P.L. 2021, c. 18 | Changes to licensing process for full-service adult diagnostic cardiac catheterization, primary angioplasty and elective angioplasty |
May 12, 2021 |
P.L. 2020, c. 87 Additional Responsibilities |
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January 28, 2021 |
Notice of requirement to comply with the new minimum certified nurse aide staffing requirements in N.J.S.A. 30:13-18. |
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October 7, 2020 |
Requires certain healthcare facilities to establish and implement an annual influenza vaccination program. |
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March 29 2020 |
One Support Person in Labor and Delivery Settings - COVID-19 restrictions | Instructions for Acute Care Hospitals on how to accommodate support persons for Labor and Delivery patients during the COVID-19 emergency |
March 6 2020 | Required Outbreak Response Plan | Reminder of Outbreak Response Plan Requirement |
March 18, 2019 | Deemed Status Waiver | Licensed Substance Use Disorder Facilities can apply for deemed status. Facilities granted full deemed status will forgo the required biennial inspection while facilities granted partial deemed status will undergo a biennial inspection that will primarily focus on, but not be limited to, staffing and clinical records. |
March 18, 2019 | Shared Space Guidance | This guidance clarifies that a single legal entity licensed to provide both mental health services and substance use disorder services is permitted to share clinical space for those services. |
March 18, 2019 | Frequently Asked Questions | An infographic chart outlining the licensed capabilities of different categories of health care facilities in New Jersey, with particular focus on substance use disorder services and mental health services. |
November 5 2018 | Certificate of Waiver for Medication Assisted Treatment in Ambulatory Care Facilities Pursuant to N.J.A.C. 8:43A | This waiver grants relief from the provisions of N.J.A.C. 8:43A-1.3. NJDOH will interpret the definition of "drug abuse treatment services" to include buprenorphine or any other medication approved by SAMHSA for the treatment of opioid use disorders. |