New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 8 - HEALTH
Chapter 57 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Subchapter 5 - MANAGEMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS
Section 8:57-5.6 - Health officer responsibilities
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) Each health officer shall make available a health care provider for medical evaluation and management services for each patient with suspected or confirmed TB disease and latent TB infection in his or her jurisdiction.
(b) Any health care provider providing medical management and treatment to residents of New Jersey with suspected or confirmed TB disease or latent TB infection shall provide these services in accordance with the MMWR Treatment of Tuberculosis as set forth at 8:57-5.2(a).
(c) Each health officer shall make available public health nurse case management services for each patient with suspected or confirmed TB disease, identified contacts, and Class B1 or B2 referrals in his or her jurisdiction.
(d) Each health officer shall make available field services for each patient with suspected or confirmed TB disease, identified contacts, and class B1 or B2 referrals in his or her jurisdiction.
(e) The Department's TB Program shall make verbal translation services accessible to public health clinics, public health nurse case managers and field staff serving patients with TB disease or latent TB infection to overcome communication barriers with the non-English speaking patient population.
The adopted version of this section 56 N.J.R. 213(a), effective 1/3/2024 is not yet available