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New Jersey Long-Term Care OmbudsmanNew! Governor Murphy Signs Executive Order Updating and Clarifying COVID-19 Vaccination Deadlines for Covered Workers at Health Care Facilities and High-Risk Congregate
Effective immediately! All long term care facilities now must allow visitation, including during an outbreak. View DOH EXECUTIVE DIRECTIVE (Revised April 21, 2022)
On November 12th, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) updated its federal visitation guidance. This guidance requires LTC facilities to allow indoor visitation "at all times and for all residents…"
NEW! View CMS Current Guidance (updated March 10, 2022)
View CMS Nursing Home Visitation FAQ
State Statute
The State Statute under which the Long-Term Care Ombudsman is granted its authority is: N.J.S.A 52:27G-1 et seq: This statutory database is updated daily by the Law Library of the Rutgers School of Law, Newark. The LTCO checks the functionality and currency of this website on a monthly basis.
State Regulations
N.J.A.C. 17:41-1et seq
New Jersey State regulations, called rules, implement the State Statutes that are the legal basis for operating State programs and services. Rules utilized by the Long-Term Care Ombudsman, formerly known as the Office of the Ombudsman for the Institutionalized Elderly, are codified at Title 17 of the New Jersey Administrative Code.
The New Jersey Administrative Code, an official publication of the State of New Jersey, compiles all effective rules adopted by State agencies and filed with the Office of Administrative Law.
The New Jersey Administrative Code is available from LexisNexis, the publisher licensed by the NJ Office of Administrative Law. A searchable online version of the Code is available at LexisNexis.
NJ Criminal Code
NJ Rev Stat Title 2C
Federal Statute
Older Americans Act title VII section 712
Federal Regulations
42 US Code 3058 State Long Term Care Ombudsman Program
REQUIREMENTS FOR STATES AND LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES
42 CFR 483.10: Resident Rights
42 CFR 483.24: Quality of Life
42 CFR 483.25: Quality of Care
42 CFR 483. 12: Freedom from abuse, neglect, and exploitation
Bill of Rights for LGBTQI and HIV+ residents of long-term care P.L. 2021, CHAPTER 33
Resident Rights by facility type
For Continuing Care Retirement Communities: P.S. 2013,c. 167, NJSA 52:27D-360.3
Nursing Homes: N.J.A.C 8:39-4.1; N.J.A.C 8:43; N.J.S.A 30:13-5
Rooming and Boarding Houses: N.J. Stat. 55:13B-19 (2014) and N.J.A.C 5:27-3 (2015)
Residential Health Care Facilities: NJ Stat. 55:13B-19 (2014); N.J.A.C 8:43-14.2 et seq. (2015) and N.J.A.C 5:27-3 (2015)
Assisted Living residences: N.J.A.C 8:36-4.1
*NOTE: After clicking on the link to the NJ Administrative Code, you must expand #17, then #41, place a checkmark next to the selection(s) you are looking for and check "full text of source" button. Then click "search".
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