New Jersey § 26:2h-132
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 26:2h-132, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 26:2h-132.
a. Assisted living facilities, dementia care homes, nursing homes, assisted living
residences, comprehensive personal care homes, residential health care facilities,
hospitals, and long-term care facilities licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c. 136 ( C.26:2H-1 et seq. ) shall: (1) require all administrative personnel and professional staff to complete an annual
training on advance care planning, end-of-life care, and the use of advance directives
and Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) forms; (2) provide patients and residents, and their families, as appropriate, with educational
materials on POLST forms, advance directives, and hospice and palliative care; and (3) develop and implement policies to identify and address end-of-life care issues
for patients and residents upon admission to the facility. b. The Department of Health shall: (1) issue a training manual via regulation to establish uniform policies and procedures
that a facility, at a minimum, shall follow in order to comply with the requirements
outlined in subsection a. of this section. A facility may implement policies and procedures beyond those issued in the department's
manual, provided that such policies and procedures do not conflict with the department's
regulations; and (2) require a facility that fails to comply with the provisions of this section to
submit a plan of corrective action to the department for approval, and may impose
additional penalties or administrative disciplinary action as shall be prescribed
by the Commissioner of Health by regulation.
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