New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 27 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING ROOMING AND BOARDING HOUSES
Subchapter 3 - RIGHTS OF RESIDENTS
Section 5:27-3.5 - Appropriate placement

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 5:27-3.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024

(a) No licensee shall accept as a resident in a boarding house a person who is not capable of self-evacuation with or without assistive devices, who is not certified by a licensed physician, or by a licensed nurse practitioner or licensed clinical nurse specialist legally authorized to issue such certification, to be free of communicable diseases and not in need of nursing care or who requires services not available in such boarding house.

1. The requirement for certification from a licensed medical professional shall not apply to residents of a cooperative sober living residence licensed as a Class F facility.

(b) In the event that a resident ceases to be capable of self-evacuation, acquires a communicable disease, or requires nursing care, supervision of self-administration of medication, or services not available in the rooming or boarding house, it shall be the responsibility of the licensee to so notify the county welfare board forthwith so that the resident may be transferred to a facility suitable to his or her needs.

1. The requirement that the licensee notify the county welfare board shall not apply to cooperative sober living residences. The residents of cooperative sober living residences shall be responsible for contacting their primary care physician or health care professional.

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