2017 New Jersey Revised Statutes
TITLE 30 - INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES
Section 30:6D-5.3 - Responsibilities of staff at facility for persons with developmental disabilities, traumatic brain injury.
30:6D-5.3 Responsibilities of staff at facility for persons with developmental disabilities, traumatic brain injury.
3. a. A member of the staff at a facility for persons with developmental disabilities or a facility for persons with traumatic brain injury or a member of the staff at a public or private agency, who in either case works directly with persons with developmental disabilities or traumatic brain injury, shall be required to call the 911 emergency telephone service for assistance in the event of a life-threatening emergency at the facility or the public or private agency, and to report that call to the department, in accordance with policies and procedures established by regulation of the commissioner. The facility or the public or private agency, as applicable, and the department shall maintain a record of such calls under the policy to be established pursuant to this section.
b. The department shall ensure that appropriate training is provided to each member of the staff at a facility for persons with developmental disabilities or a facility for persons with traumatic brain injury or member of the staff at a public or private agency, who in either case works directly with persons with developmental disabilities or traumatic brain injury, to effectuate the purposes of subsection a. of this section.
L.2003,c.191,s.3.
