New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 43F - STANDARDS FOR LICENSURE OF ADULT DAY HEALTH SERVICES FACILITIES › Subchapter 2 - LICENSURE PROCEDURES › Section 8:43F-2.1 - Licensure application procedures and requirements

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) A person,
				organization, or corporation desiring to operate an adult day health services
				facility, or to expand or relocate an existing facility, shall submit an application
				for a license on forms prescribed by the Department. Such forms may be obtained from
				the Director of the Division or at N.J.A.C. 8:39 Appendix D.
1. The Department shall charge a nonrefundable fee
				of $ 1,500 plus $ 10.00 per slot for the filing of an application for licensure and
				$ 1,500 plus $ 10.00 per slot for each annual renewal thereof.
2. The Department shall charge a nonrefundable fee
				of $ 1,500 plus $ 10.00 per slot for the filing of an application to add services or
				program slots to an existing adult day health services facility.
3. The Department shall charge a nonrefundable fee
				of $ 375.00 for the filing of an application to reduce services at an existing adult
				day health services facility.
4. The
				Department shall charge a nonrefundable fee of $ 375.00 for the filing of an
				application for the relocation of an adult day health services facility.
5. The Department shall charge a nonrefundable fee
				of $ 1,500 for the filing of an application for the transfer of ownership of an
				adult day health services facility.
6.
				Each adult day services facility shall be assessed a biennial inspection fee of $
				450.00. This fee shall be assessed in the year the facility will be inspected along
				with the annual licensure fee for that year. The fee shall be added to the initial
				licensure fee for new facilities. Failure to pay the inspection fee shall result in
				non renewal of the license for existing facilities and the refusal to issue an
				initial license for new facilities. This fee shall be imposed only every other year
				even if inspections occur more frequently and only for the inspection required to
				either issue an initial license or to renew an existing license.
7. Approval of a project proposal shall be
				contingent upon a review of the applicant's track record, in accordance with
				8:43E-5.1(b), and
				compliance with this chapter. All applicants shall demonstrate that they have the
				capacity to operate an adult day health services facility in accordance with the
				rules in this chapter. An application for a license or change in service shall be
				denied if that applicant cannot demonstrate that the premises, equipment, personnel,
				including principals and management, finances, rules and bylaws, and standards of
				health care are fit and adequate and that the health care facility will be operated
				in accordance with the standards required by these rules.
8. The Department shall not issue or continue
				licensure for the operation of an adult day health services facility unless the
				current or prospective owner(s) and administrator(s) have obtained prior clearance
				from the Department's Criminal Background Investigation Unit. The Department shall
				not issue clearance to any current or prospective owner or administrator who has
				been convicted of a crime or offense relating adversely to the person's ability to
				provide care, including, but not limited to, homicide, assault kidnapping, sexual
				offenses, robbery, crimes against the family, children, or persons adjudicated to be
				incapacitated, and financial crimes, except when the current or prospective owner or
				administrator with a criminal history has demonstrated his or her rehabilitation in
				order to qualify as an owner or administrator in accordance with the standards set
				forth in the Rehabilitated Convicted Offender Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:168A-1etseq.
i. In accordance with the provisions of the
				Administrative Procedure Act, N.J.S.A. 52:14B-1etseq., and 52:14F-1 et seq., and the
				Uniform Administrative Procedure Rules, N.J.A.C. 1:1, any individual disqualified
				from owning, operating, or administering an adult day health services facility shall
				be given an opportunity to challenge the accuracy of the disqualifying criminal
				history record prior to being permanently disqualified from participation.