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New Jersey
Residential assisted living licensing rules and official state resources
- Licensure term
- Comprehensive Personal Care Homes
- Resident capacity
- 4+
- Staff ratios
- The facility shall provide on the premises at all times the following minimum number of employees:
- Cost of licensing
- $1500 + $15 per bed
- Bedroom square footage
- Residential units occupied by one person shall have a minimum of 150 square feet of clear and usable floor area. In units occupied by more than one resident, there shall be a minimum of 80 additional square feet for an additional occupant. No residential unit in an assisted living residence shall be occupied by more than two
- Memory care
- An assisted living facility that chooses to advertise or holds itself out as having an Alzheimer's/dementia program shall have written policies and procedures for the Alzheimer's/dementia program that are retained by the administrative staff and available to all staff and to members of the public, including those participating in the program.
Full requirements
- Regulatory Agency
- New Jersey Department of Health
- Contact Phone Number
- (609) 633-8993 or 609-633-9042
- Licensure Term(s)
- Comprehensive Personal Care Homes
- Census Requirements
- 4+
- Qualifications for Managers
- (a) The administrator of an assisted living residence or comprehensive personal care home shall: 1. Be at least 21 years of age; 2. Possess a high school diploma or equivalent; and 3. Hold a current New Jersey license as a nursing home administrator or hold a current New Jersey certification as an assisted living administrator. (b) An applicant for certification as an assisted living administrator shall successfully complete an assisted living training course which covers the concepts and rules of assisted living as outlined in this chapter, given by a trainer qualified in accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:36-3.3. 1. An applicant for certification as an assisted living administrator shall sit for the Assisted Living Competency Examination within two years of successful completion of the assisted living training course
- Qualifications for Caregivers
- (a) For the purposes of this subchapter, each personal care assistant shall be an individual who is employed by the facility and who has completed: 1. A nurse aide training course approved by the New Jersey State Department of Health and Senior Services in accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:39-43, and shall have passed the New Jersey Nurse Aide Certification Examination; 2. A homemaker-home health aide training program approved by the New Jersey Board of Nursing and shall be certified by the Board in accordance with N.J.A.C. 13:37-14; or 3. A personal care assistant training course approved by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services and the competency evaluation program approved by the Department resulting in personal care assistant certification. i. No individual shall be certified as a personal care assistant who has not completed a criminal background check
- Staff Ratios
- The facility shall provide on the premises at all times the following minimum number of employees: 1. One awake personal care assistant 2. At least one additional employee
- Cost of Licensing
- $1500 + $15 per bed
- Annual Inspection Fee
- 750.0
- Square Footage Requirements
- Residential units occupied by one person shall have a minimum of 150 square feet of clear and usable floor area. In units occupied by more than one resident, there shall be a minimum of 80 additional square feet for an additional occupant. No residential unit in an assisted living residence shall be occupied by more than two individuals.
- Bathrooms Required
- (a) A bathroom with a toilet, bathtub and/or shower, and handwashing sink shall be located in each residential unit. (b) Additional toilet facilities shall be provided to meet the needs of residents, staff and visitors to the facility and shall be located in areas other than the residential units.