New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Chapter 56 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN'S GROUP HOMES
Subchapter 10 - SERVICES FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING ADOLESCENTS
Section 3A:56-10.18 - Care of sick infants
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 3A:56-10.18
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) When an infant at the home has any illness or symptom of illness including, but not limited to, those specified below, the home shall ensure that the adolescent mother or staff contacts a licensed physician:
1. Severe pain or discomfort or unusual fussiness;
2. Acute diarrhea, characterized as
twice the child's usual frequency of bowel movements with a change to a looser
consistency within a period of 24 hours, or bloody diarrhea;
3. Two or more episodes of acute vomiting within a
period of 24 hours;
4. Elevated oral
temperature of 101.5 degrees Fahrenheit or over or axillary temperature of 100.5
degrees Fahrenheit or over in conjunction with behavior changes;
5. Lethargy that is more than expected tiredness
or unusual drowsiness;
6. Yellow eyes or
jaundiced skin;
7. Red eyes with or
without discharge;
8. Infected,
untreated skin patches;
9. Difficult or
rapid breathing or severe coughing;
10.
Skin rashes in conjunction with fever or behavior changes or rashes of unknown
origin;
11. Skin lesions that have not
been treated by a health care provider;
12. Mouth sores;
13. Stiff neck with fever and no muscular
explanation; or
14. Seizure.
(b) The home shall follow the physician's advice about whether to permit the infant who is ill to have contact with other infants.
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