New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Chapter 55 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE FACILITIES
Subchapter 10 - SERVICES FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING ADOLESCENTS
Section 3A:55-10.14 - Behavior management

(a) Staff members shall follow all the requirements as specified in 3A:55-6.14.

(b) The facility shall assign responsibility for the use of restrictive behavior management practices and the discipline, control, and supervision of adolescents to staff members and not delegate that responsibility to other adolescents.

(c) The facility shall prohibit adolescents from using the practices and punishments specified in 3A:55-6.14 on their own infants or on another infant for whom they are caring.

(d) The facility shall ensure that no staff member or adolescent mother disciplines an infant for refusing to eat or sleep, or for crying or soiling.