New Jersey § 26:2h-5b
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 26:2h-5b, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 26:2h-5b.
a. The Commissioner of Health shall prescribe, by regulation, requirements to be adopted by health care facilities
licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c. 136 ( C.26:2H-1 et seq. ) for the routine monitoring of pain as a fifth vital sign in patients, in addition
to blood pressure, pulse, respiration , and temperature. For the purpose of this subsection, the commissioner shall require health care facilities
to: (1) routinely inquire whether a patient is in pain; (2) maintain policies and procedures as prescribed by the commissioner for asking
patients to rate their degree of pain for a specified period of time and to record
their responses; and (3) routinely record levels of pain intensity on patient charts. b. The requirements to be adopted pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall
take effect no later than the 180th day after the effective date of this act.
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