New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 44D - CENTRAL REGISTRY OF OFFENDERS AGAINST INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
Subchapter 7 - REGISTRY CHECKS
Section 10:44D-7.1 - Central Registry of Offenders Against Individuals with Developmental Disabilities Registry checks
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The Office of Program Integrity and Accountability, shall maintain the Central Registry of Offenders Against Individuals with Developmental Disabilities. All persons placed on the Central Registry shall be identified, to the extent ascertainable at the time of their placement, by:
(b) The Office of Program Integrity and Accountability shall provide specific forms or electronic methods for entities that employ, license or contract with caregivers to obtain information sufficient to identify a person on the Central Registry by providing the information contained in (a)1 through 4 above.
(c) Every entity that employs caregivers, including volunteers, alternates and respite providers, in a State-operated facility or program licensed, contracted or regulated by the Department of Human Services, or providing State-funded community-based services to individuals with developmental disabilities shall develop policies and procedures that ensure:
(d) The Department shall monitor entities that employ caregivers in State-operated facilities or programs licensed, contracted or regulated by the Department of Human Services, or providing State-funded community-based services. Failure by an entity to comply with (c) above may result in regulatory action including, but not limited to, license suspension or revocation, a decrease or cessation of funding and/or a suspension or revocation of contracting.
(e) Upon being notified of being on the Central Registry, a person so identified may contest the identification (but not the circumstances of being placed on the Registry; that procedure is specified in 10:44D-6.2) . Within 10 calendar days of receiving notification, the person shall submit a written request with identification information to the Office of Program Integrity and Accountability. The person and the employer, licensing unit or contracting unit will be notified in the event of a mistaken identification, within 10 calendar days.