New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 8 - HEALTH
Chapter 39 - STANDARDS FOR LICENSURE OF LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES
Subchapter 2 - LICENSURE PROCEDURE
Section 8:39-2.11 - Add-a-bed
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 26:2H-7.2, a facility may request approval from the Department to increase total licensed beds by no more than 10 beds or 10 percent of its licensed bed capacity, whichever is less, without certificate of need approval. No more than one such request for approval shall be submitted every five years.
(b) The Department shall charge a nonrefundable fee of $ 1,500 plus $ 15.00 per additional bed for the filing of an application to add beds to increase a facility's total licensed capacity. Applicants may obtain Add-a-bed application forms, LCS-5, from the Division of Certificate of Need and Licensing or on the Department's website at https://www.nj.gov/health/forms/. The completed forms, along with, scaled floor plans and the appropriate fee, must be forwarded to the Division of Certificate of Need and Licensing.
(c) The Department shall deny an add-a-bed application if any of the following conditions exist: