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:55-10.16 - Comprehensive health plan for infants

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 3A:55-10.16

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) The facility shall ensure that infants are referred to the Supplemental Feeding Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) and make necessary follow-up, or document that the infant was ineligible for WIC.

(b) Unless contraindicated by the infant's physician, the facility shall ensure that adolescent mothers adhere to the following schedule in obtaining health care for infants:

1. At age one month, the infant receives:
i. A physical examination including height, weight, temperature check, and measurement of head and chest circumference; and

ii. A check for phenylketonuria (PKU), if indicated, (unless completed prior to the infant's discharge from the hospital);

2. Between two and two and one-half months of age, the infant receives a physical examination;

3. Between three and one-half and four months of age, the infant receives a physical examination and immunizations;

4. Between five and six months of age, the infant receives:
i. A physical examination; and

ii. A developmental assessment;

5. Between eight and nine months of age, the infant receives:
i. A physical examination;

ii. A hemoglobin test; and

iii. A sickle cell screening, if indicated;

6. Between 11 and 12 months of age, the infant receives:
i. A physical examination;

ii. A developmental assessment; and

iii. A tuberculin test;

7. At 15 months of age, the infant receives a physical examination;

8. At 18 months of age, the infant receives a physical examination;

9. At 24 months of age and annually thereafter (until age five), the infant receives:
i. A physical examination;

ii. A developmental assessment;

iii. A hemoglobin test; and

iv. Urinalysis, and a tuberculin test if indicated; and

10. By 12 months and semi-annually thereafter, a dental examination.

(c) Unless contraindicated by the physician, the facility shall ensure that infants, toddlers, and children receive all childhood immunizations and boosters within the established age ranges as recommended by the Center for Disease Control's (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).

(d) The facility shall ensure that the adolescent mother has her child's sight and hearing tested when she takes a child over three and one-half years of age for a medical examination. This testing shall be repeated for children ages four and five years old who remain in the facility.

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