New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 56 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN'S GROUP HOMES › Subchapter 2 - APPROVAL PROCEDURES › Section 3A:56-2.3 - Denying, suspending, revoking or refusing to renew a certificate of approval

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The
				Office of Licensing may deny, suspend, revoke or refuse to renew a certificate of
				approval for good cause, including, but not limited to, the following:
1. Failure to comply with the provisions of this
				manual;
2. Violation of the terms and
				conditions of a certificate of approval;
3. Fraud or misrepresentation in obtaining a
				certificate;
4. Refusal to furnish the
				Department with files, reports or records as required by this manual;
5. Refusal to permit an authorized representative
				of the Department to gain admission to the home or agency or to conduct an
				inspection or investigation;
6. Any
				activity, policy, or staff conduct that adversely affects or is deemed by the Office
				of Licensing to be detrimental to the education, health, safety, well-being or
				treatment needs of children or that otherwise demonstrates unfitness by the owner or
				staff members of the home to operate a children's group home;
7. Failure of an out-of-State home or agency to
				maintain a license, approval or certification in its own state;
8. Failure by the agency or director to secure and
				to maintain on file documentation from the Department showing compliance with
				criminal conviction disclosures, as specified in
				N.J.A.C.
				3A:56-5.1(b)1, Criminal History
				Record Information background checks, as specified in
				N.J.A.C.
				3A:56-5.6, or Child Abuse Record Information
				background checks, as specified in
				N.J.A.C.
				3A:56-5.7;
9. Refusal by the director, treatment home parent,
				teaching family home parent, alternative care home parent, supervised transitional
				living home parent or household member to consent to or cooperate in a Criminal
				History Record Information background check or Child Abuse Record Information
				background check for himself or herself;
10. Refusal by the director to terminate the
				employment of a staff member who refuses to consent to or cooperate in a Criminal
				History Record Information background check or Child Abuse Record Information
				background check;
11. Refusal by the
				director to terminate the employment of a staff member when an allegation of child
				abuse or neglect has been substantiated against the staff member;
12. Refusal by the director to terminate the
				employment of a staff member convicted of a crime or offense requiring
				disqualification, as specified in
				N.J.A.C.
				3A:56-5.6(e);
13. A substantiated allegation of child abuse or
				neglect against the director, treatment home parent, teaching family home parent,
				alternative care home parent, supervised transitional living home parent or
				household member; and
14. Conviction by
				the director, treatment home parent, teaching family home parent, alternative care
				home parent, supervised transitional living home parent or household member for a
				crime or offense requiring disqualification, as specified in
				N.J.A.C.
				3A:56-5.6(e).