New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 43 - STANDARDS FOR LICENSURE OF RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES LOCATED WITH, AND OPERATED BY, LICENSED HEALTH CARE FACILITIES › Subchapter 2 - LICENSURE PROCEDURES › Section 8:43-2.1 - Application for licensure

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Any person,
				organization, or corporation desiring to operate a residential health care facility
				shall make application to the Commissioner for a license on forms prescribed by the
				Department. Such forms may be obtained from:
Director
Office of Certificate of Need and Healthcare Facility
				  Licensure
Division of Healthcare Facilities Evaluation and Licensing
New Jersey Department of Health
PO Box 358
Trenton, NJ 08625-0385
(609) 292-5960
(b) The Department shall charge a nonrefundable
				fee of $225.00 plus $15.00 per bed for the filing of an application for licensure
				and for each annual renewal thereof. These fees shall not exceed the maximum caps as
				set forth at 26:2H-12, as may be amended from time
				to time.
(c) Each applicant for a
				license to operate a facility shall make an appointment for a preliminary conference
				at the Department with the Office of Certificate of Need and Healthcare Facility
				Licensure.
(d) The Department shall
				charge a nonrefundable fee of $750.00 for the filing of an application to add bed or
				non-bed related services to an existing residential health care facility.
(e) The Department shall charge a nonrefundable
				fee of $150.00 for the filing of an application to reduce bed or non-bed related
				services at an existing residential health care facility.
(f) The Department shall charge a nonrefundable
				fee of $375.00 for the filing of an application for the relocation of a residential
				health care facility.
(g) The Department
				shall charge a nonrefundable fee of $750.00 for the filing of an application for the
				transfer of ownership of a residential health care facility. All provisions of this
				section shall apply to applications for transfer of ownership.
(h) Approval of an application shall be contingent
				upon a review of the applicant's track record, in accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:43E-5,
				among other factors. All applicants shall demonstrate that they have the capacity to
				operate a residential health care facility in accordance with the rules of this
				chapter. An application for a license or change in service shall be denied if the
				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 there is reasonable assurance that the health care
				facility will be operated in accordance with the standards required by these rules.
				The Department shall consider an applicant's prior history in operating a health
				care facility either in New Jersey or in other states in making this determination.
				Any evidence of licensure violations representing serious risk of harm to residents
				may be considered by the Department, as well as any record of criminal convictions
				representing a risk of harm to the safety or welfare of residents.
(i) Each residential health care 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. This fee shall not be imposed for any other type of
				inspection.