New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 37G - SHORT TERM CARE FACILITY STANDARDS
Subchapter 2 - OPERATIONAL STANDARDS
Section 10:37G-2.3 - Services to be provided
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The principles of wellness and recovery shall be applied to the full range of engagement, intervention, treatment, rehabilitation and supportive services that a person may need.
(b) As clinically appropriate, STCF staff shall directly provide the following range of intensive services:
(c) STCF staff shall schedule therapies and activities on weekdays and weekends, as well as in the evenings and on holidays.
(d) STCF professional staff shall provide a minimum of three hours of therapies per day. STCF shall also provide a minimum of two hours of activities per day, which are purposeful, planned, diversified, and support the treatment plan.
(e) STCF staff shall develop and implement a written procedure that requires nursing staff, in addition to other STCF professional staff, to be available to meet with families of patients for a minimum of two evenings per week, and at least once during weekends and holidays.
(f) STCF professional staff shall provide treatment for a minimum of two evenings per week, and at least once during weekends and holidays.
(g) STCF staff shall develop and implement written procedures to address provisions for the treatment of patients with physical limitations and those with medical needs, including, but not restricted to, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), pregnancy, diabetes, and dialysis.
(h) STCF staff shall develop and implement procedures for ensuring that patients' rights, as delineated at 30:4-24.2, 30:4-24.3, 27.11 et seq., 27.11d, 27.14, 27.18 and 27.20 and 8:43G-4.1, are not violated.
(i) STCF staff shall develop and implement a written procedure for ensuring that the notifications required by N.J.S.A. 30:4-27.9a are performed.
(j) As authorized by the patient and consistent with Federal and State law, STCF staff shall include family members and advocates in treatment planning and service delivery.