New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 52 - PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH IN NEW JERSEY › Subchapter 5 - ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES › Section 8:52-5.2 - Management and leadership

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Planning is one of
				the fundamental responsibilities of a licensed health officer who functions as the
				chief executive officer of a local health agency. Planning relies on the ability to
				collect and analyze information, to communicate with superiors, peers and
				subordinates and to make decisions and take action. The "Assessment Protocol for
				Excellence in Public Health" (see
				8:52-1.8(a)5  ) is a
				management tool developed to assist the public health manager in evaluating his or
				her own agency's strengths and weaknesses. Using this information, the manager is
				equipped to accurately portray the capabilities his or her agency brings to a
				countywide public health system and to take actions that will improve the agency's
				performance.
1. Each health officer shall actively
				participate in and be responsible for the joint development of a countywide or
				multi-countywide Community Health Profile, Community Health Assessment and Community
				Health Improvement.
2. Each health
				officer shall notify the Office of Local Health of the name, title, telephone
				number, and e-mail address of his or her designees.
3. Each health officer shall be responsible for
				the completion of an evaluation of the capacity of his or her local health agency in
				accordance with the process set forth in "Assessment Protocol for Excellence in
				Public Health." The evaluation shall be used to identify the capacity of the local
				health agency to deliver the services set forth in this chapter and to provide the
				information necessary to develop the Community Health Improvement Plan. An
				evaluation shall be conducted at least once every three years.
4. Each health officer shall be responsible for
				the development of goals and objectives for each program conducted by the local
				health agency and the development of a continuous quality improvement process to
				ensure progress in achieving the local health agency's goals.
i. Each goal and objective shall include a
				timeline and be realistic, measurable, and consistent with current public health
				practice and/or Department program policies and guidelines.
ii. Each goal and objective shall be consistent
				with priority public health problems identified through the countywide Community
				Health Improvement Plan and any other Statewide public health priorities as
				determined by the Department.
iii. Each
				goal and objective shall be consistent with the "10 essential public health
				services," at N.J.A.C 8:52-3.2(a)1 through 10.
5. Each health officer shall develop an internal
				monitoring plan that measures progress in achieving each of the local health
				agency's goals and objectives.
i. Monitoring shall
				be performed, at a minimum, on a semi-annual basis; and
ii. Monitoring data shall be used to document
				whether expected objectives are achieved to provide information regarding the
				implementation of objectives, and to modify activities to improve the achievement of
				objectives.
6. Each health
				officer shall develop an improvement plan to address performance deficiencies which
				are revealed during the Continuous Quality Improvement process.