Health Facilities

Statutes

New Jersey statutes, as well as pending legislation and chapter laws, can be obtained through the New Jersey Legislature's website at http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/.

Rules

The official versions of rules, rule proposals and notices of adoptions are published in the New Jersey Administrative Code and the New Jersey Register, which are available in most public libraries or on the web at a free website maintained by Lexis/Nexis. Information on rules and a link to the LexisNexis website are available at https://www.nj.gov/health/legal/rules/.

The citations for the hospital and ambulatory care regulations are:

• N.J.A.C. 8:33 - Certificate of Need, Application and Review Process
• N.J.A.C. 8:33C - Certificate of Need and Licensure: Regionalized Perinatal Services and Maternal and Child Health Consortia
• N.J.A.C. 8:33E - Cardiac Diagnostic Facilities And Cardiac Surgery Centers
• N.J.A.C. 8:33F - Certificate of Need: Long Term Acute Care Services
• N.J.A.C. 8:33H - Certificate of Need: Policy Manual for Long Term Care Services
• N.J.A.C. 8:33Q - Transplantation Services
• N.J.A.C. 8:42 - Home Health Agency Licensing Standards
• N.J.A.C. 8:42C - Hospice Licensing Standards
• N.J.A.C. 8:43A - Standards for Licensure of Ambulatory Care Facilities
• N.J.A.C. 8:43D - Standards for Licensure of Pediatric Transitional Homes
• N.J.A.C. 8:43E - General Licensure Procedures And Enforcement of Licensure Regulations
• N.J.A.C. 8:43G - Hospital Licensing Standards
• N.J.A.C. 8:43H - Licensing Standards for Rehabilitation Hospitals

• N.J.A.C. 8:43F = Standards for Licensure of Adult and Pediatric Day Health Services
• N.J.A.C. 8:34 - Rules for Licensing Nursing Home Administrators and Rules Regulating the Nursing Home Administrators Licensing Board
• N.J.A.C. 8:43I - Criminal Background Investigations: Nurse Aides, Personal Care Assistants and Assisted Living Administrators
• N.J.A.C. 8:36 - Standards For Licensure of Assisted Living Residences, Comprehensive Personal Care Homes, and Assisted Living Programs
• N.J.A.C. 8:39 - Standards For Licensure of Long-term Care Facilities
• N.J.A.C. 8:43 - Standards For Licensure of Residential Health Care Facilities
• N.J.A.C. 8:43E - General Licensure Procedures and Enforcement of Licensure Regulations
• N.J.A.C. 8:86 - Adult and Pediatric Day Health Services

Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR) - updated 05/07\

• Publication # 100-07 - State Operations Manual

State Operations Manual

• Appendix PP - Guidance to Surveyors for Long Term Care Facilities
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) site on federal enforcements

A complete listing of proposed rules and rules recently adopted by the Department of Health can be obtained through the Proposed Rules and Public Notices web page. This listing contains rule proposals and adoptions for all Divisions within the Department of Health. The following proposals are from this Division.

• 42 N.J.R. 1462(a) - General Licensure Procedures and Standards Applicable to All Licensed Facilities: Universal Transfer Form
• 42 N.J.R. 1774(a) - Hospital Licensing Standards
• 42 N.J.R. 877(a) - Rules for Licensing Nursing Home Administrators and Rules Regulating the Nursing Home Administrators Licensing Board (May 17, 2010)
• N.J.R. 4168(b) - Criminal Background Investigations: Nurse Aides, Personal Care Assistants and Assisted Living Administrators
• N.J.A.C. 8:43G - Stroke Centers - Primary Stroke Center Continuous Quality Improvement (PDF 887K) (February 9, 2009)

• 43 N.J.R. 401(b) - Readoption with Amendments: N.J.A.C. 8:43G (February 22, 2011)
• 41 N.J.R. 4328(b) - Criminal Background Investigations: Nurse Aides, Personal Care Assistants and Assisted Living Administrators (June 7, 2010)

• 41 N.J.R. 1521(b) - Notice of Cancellation of Certificate of Need Call for Pediatric Intensive Care (PICU) Beds and Services
• 41 N.J.R. 4328(b) - Moratorium Affecting Licensure of Adult Day Health Care Facilities and Services
• 38 N.J.R 3325(c) - Notice of Extension of Moratorium Affecting Pediatric Day Health Services Approvals

Non-regulatory Guidance

RFP Appendixes for Treasury