New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 27A - STANDARDS FOR LICENSURE OF RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES NOT LOCATED WITH, AND OPERATED BY, LICENSED HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
Subchapter 2 - LICENSURE PROCEDURES
Section 5:27A-2.4 - Surveys and license
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) When the written application for licensure is approved, the fee for filing the application has been received, the preliminary conference has been completed, and the building is ready for occupancy pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:23, the Uniform Construction Code, a survey of the facility by the Department's representatives of the Residential Health Care Evaluation Program shall be conducted, in order to determine if the facility adheres to the rules in this chapter.
(b) An initial license shall be issued to a facility when the following conditions are met:
(c) No facility shall admit residents to the facility until the facility has the approval and/or license issued by the DCA Residential Health Care Licensure Program of the Department.
(d) Unannounced survey visits may be made to a facility at any time by authorized staff of the Department. Such visits may include, but not be limited to, the review of all facility documents and resident records and conferences with residents.
(e) A license shall be granted for a period of one year.
(f) The license shall be conspicuously posted in the facility.
(g) The license is not assignable or transferable, and it shall be immediately void if the facility ceases to operate or if its ownership changes.
(h) The license, unless suspended or revoked, shall be renewed annually on the original licensure date, or within 30 days thereafter but dated as of the original licensure date. The facility shall receive a request for renewal fee 30 days prior to the expiration of the license. A renewal license shall not be issued unless the licensure fee is received by the Department.
(i) The license shall not be renewed if local rules, regulations and/or requirements are not met.