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:55-10.23 - Health education and physical care for adolescents and infants
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 3A:55-10.23
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The facility shall ensure that adolescents receive training in personal care, hygiene, and grooming habits.
1. The facility shall discuss the
physiological changes experienced during adolescent pregnancy and childbearing with
adolescents in the facility.
2. The
facility shall instruct adolescents about sexually responsible behavior, including
how to protect themselves from pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases including
AIDS.
3. The facility shall instruct all
adolescents about the health and social consequences of cigarette smoking and
alcohol and drug use.
(b) The facility shall ensure that each adolescent bathes and grooms her infant daily, and provides other personal hygiene services that are necessary to meet the infant's needs.
1. The facility shall give each adolescent
and infant individual towels and washcloths.
2. The facility shall ensure that soap and toilet
paper are available for the adolescents and infants at all times.
(c) The facility shall ensure that each adolescent and infant has a personal supply of adequate, clean, well-fitting, and attractive clothing and footwear appropriate to his or her age, gender, individual needs, community standards, and season.
1. The
facility shall ensure that each adolescent's and infant's clothing is kept clean and
in good repair. The facility may require adolescents to do their own laundry and
that of their infant.
2. The facility
shall not require adolescents or infants to wear any article of clothing that would
identify them as a resident of the facility.
3. The facility shall supply adolescents with
necessary personal hygiene items.
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