New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 44C - STANDARDS FOR COMMUNITY RESIDENCES FOR PERSONS WITH HEAD INJURIES
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 10:44C-1.4 - Application for a license
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Information may be obtained from the Department as follows:
Department of Human Services
Office of Licensing
PO Box 707
Trenton, NJ 08625-0707
(b) No community agency licensed by the Department shall pay, or contract, for any agency head until the Department has determined that no criminal history record information exists on file in the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Identification Division, or in the State Bureau of Identification in the Division of State Police, that would disqualify the community agency head from such employment, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 30:6D-63 through 69 (criminal history background checks).
(c) An application for licensure as an operator of a community residence for persons with head injuries shall be submitted to the Office of Licensing.
(d) An application shall be considered complete when the application is filled out in its entirety and all requested information on the application has been provided, and compliance with (b) above, for the community agency head, has been determined.
(e) The Office of Licensing shall initially review the materials to determine:
(f) The Office of Licensing may employ the services of any qualified professional, as necessary, in the review process in order to conduct a thorough and valid review of the program, supports, and services to be rendered.
(g) Within 60 calendar days of the receipt of the completed application, the applicant shall be advised in writing of its approval or non-approval.
(h) Upon a determination that an application is denied, the Office of Licensing shall notify the applicant in writing of the reason through certified mail, return receipt requested.
(i) The licensee shall be responsible for the overall operation of each community residence for persons with head injuries, including the arrangement whereby executive leadership is delegated to a person who is employed to oversee the day-to-day operation.
(j) No license shall be issued to any person who has previously been denied a license by any State agency due to substantial noncompliance or due to violation of any State or Federal law pertaining to the operation of a community residential facility.
(k) No license shall be issued to, or held by any person who, in a final determination by a court of record or by the Division on Civil Rights, has been found to discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, creed, gender, national origin, ancestry or disability.
(l) No person shall own or operate a community residence for persons with head injuries without authorization from the Office of Licensing.
(m) Each community residence for persons with head injuries shall be subject to inspection or investigation by the Department as deemed necessary without limitation or notice to allow for an inquiry into the facility's records, equipment, sanitary conditions, accommodations and management of the persons served.
(n) Each community residence for persons with head injuries shall be subject to an annual on-site inspection by the Office of Licensing.
(o) Upon approval of the completed application, an applicant shall submit a procedure manual to the Office of Licensing, which shall be approved upon determination that it meets the requirements at N.J.A.C. 10:44C-2.2.
(p) Upon approval of the manual, the applicant shall submit job descriptions for each position included on the table of organization in the procedure manual, and which comply with the requirements set forth in this chapter, for review and approval.
(q) A program description shall be submitted to the Office of Licensing in the approved format for each proposed community residence.