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Certificate of Need and Facility Licensing

Guidance Memorandums

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	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	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	Duties of long-term care facilities during an infectious disease outbreak Reporting Requirements to the National Healthcare Safety Network Database included in the Act Electronic Health Record System Outbreak Response Plans
January 28, 2021	Staffing Ratio Memorandum to Facilities	Notice of requirement to comply with the new minimum certified nurse aide staffing requirements in N.J.S.A. 30:13-18.
October 7, 2020	Influenza vaccination in health care facilities	Requires certain healthcare facilities to establish and implement an annual influenza vaccination program.
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.