New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 32 - ADVANCE DIRECTIVES FOR MENTAL HEALTH CARE
Subchapter 1 - SCOPE AND PURPOSE
Section 10:32-1.4 - Annual reporting
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 10:32-1.4
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The chief executive officer of each psychiatric facility listed in 30:7-1 shall submit a report to the Commissioner of Human Services, through the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services on September 1st every year, about the facility's implementation of the New Jersey Mental Health Advance Directives Act. The report shall not include patient identifiers, but shall include:
1. The percentage of patients admitted during
the preceding year who had executed an advance directive before
admission;
2. The number of
patients who executed or modified an advance directive for mental health care
while a patient at the facility;
3.
The number of advance directives that were challenged by the treating
professionals at the facility, and in each case why the advance directive was
challenged, whether and by whom the overriding of the advance directive was
approved, and whether the patient appealed the override;
4. The number of staff trained to assist
patients with advance directives (initial and follow-up training);
5. The number of sessions held by the
administration for professional staff to explain their legal obligations under
the Act and these rules;
6. The
number of persons who are discharged with an advance directive; and
7. A narrative that describes any systemic
problems encountered during the year in the implementation of the act, problems
in accessing the registry, complaints from patients or families, or other
issues.
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