New Jersey Administrative Code

The following words and terms, as used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. "Drug administration" means a procedure in which a prescribed drug is given to a patient by an authorized person in accordance with all la…

(a) The pharmacist-in-charge shall be responsible for maintaining drug standards, references and sources of drug information current and adequate to meet the needs of the pharmacists, physicians, nurses, other health care personnel, and patients of the facility. Reference texts s…

(a) Only a pharmacist shall have access to the pharmacy stock of controlled dangerous substances in Schedules II through V. (b) Only a pharmacist shall have access to the institutional pharmacy except that in a pharmacist's absence from an institution, a registered nurse designat…

(a) Adequate facilities (space, lighting, equipment, temperature control and supplies) shall be provided for the control of the professional, technical and administrative functions of the institutional pharmacy as needed for the effective and efficient assurance of patient safety…

(a) Provisions shall be made for adequate safe storage of drugs wherever they are stored in the health care facility. 1. All drugs shall be secured for safe use and protected against illicit diversion. Controlled dangerous substances in the institutional pharmacy and throughout t…

Adequate equipment shall be provided for the compounding, packaging, labeling, refrigeration, sterilization, testing and safe distribution of drugs and other functions. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:39-9.24 Recodified from N.J.A.C. 13:39-9.17 by R.1994 d.351, effective 7/18/1994. S…

(a) An institutional decentralized pharmacy or a "satellite pharmacy", means an area within a health care system that has been issued an institutional permit and is in a location other than the original permitted location, where the preparation or dispensing or compounding of med…

(a) Only medication orders issued by a practitioner licensed to write medication orders in the United States or any territory of the United States shall be considered valid medication orders and such medication orders shall be filled pursuant to New Jersey law. (b) Medication ord…

(a) A pharmacist may, subject to the conditions set forth in this section, accept for dispensing a prescription or a medication order transmitted by a facsimile (FAX) machine or other technological device as approved by the Board. (b) A pharmacist filling prescriptions under an i…

(a) Any institutional pharmacy as defined under N.J.A.C. 13:39-9.2 shall be registered with and possess an institutional permit issued by the Board. The permit shall be conspicuously displayed in the facility's pharmacy. The institutional pharmacy is subject to and shall be condu…

An institutional permit is required for any area within an institution serviced by an outside vendor that performs on-site pharmaceutical services as defined in N.J.A.C. 13:39-1.2. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:39-9.4 Amended by R.1994 d.351, effective 7/18/1994. See: 26 New Jersey…

The pharmacist-in-charge, or designee, shall be an actively participating member on any committees of the facility that may be concerned with drugs and their utilization. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:39-9.5 Recodified from N.J.A.C. 13:39-9.10 by R.1994 d.351, effective 7/18/1994. …

(a) In all health care facilities providing pharmaceutical services to patients, an active standing committee of the institution entitled the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee or other appropriate name shall be established if required pursuant to Department of Health rules. A P…

Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:39-9.7 Recodified from N.J.A.C. 13:39-9.12 by R.1994 d.351, effective 7/18/1994. See: 26 N.J.R. 1596(a), 26 N.J.R. 2905(b). Recodified from N.J.A.C. 13:39-9.21 and amended by R.2005 d.25, effective 1/18/2005. See: 36 N.J.R. 3345(a), 37 N.J.R. 295(a). I…

(a) The pharmaceutical services of the health care facility shall be the responsibility of and under the control, supervision, and direction of the pharmacist-in-charge of the provider pharmacy. (b) If a health care facility does not have an institutional pharmacy on its premises…

Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:39-9.9 Amended by R.1994 d.351, effective 7/18/1994. See: 26 N.J.R. 1596(a), 26 N.J.R. 2905(b). Recodified from N.J.A.C. 13:39-9.4 by R.2005 d.25, effective 1/18/2005. See: 36 N.J.R. 3345(a), 37 N.J.R. 295(a). Former N.J.A.C. 13:39-9.9, Monitoring of p…

The membership of the State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners shall once each year elect a chairperson, vice chairperson, and a secretary. The chairperson shall have the responsibility to conduct all meetings unless, in his or her discretion, a delegation of that responsibility…

The chairperson shall be authorized to hear and decide emergent applications by the Attorney General made pursuant to N.J.S.A. 45:1-22 for the temporary suspension of any license. The chairperson may also undertake such other interim action as may be required by circumstances ari…

(a) The following fees shall be charged by the State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners: 1. Application fee for Licensed Physical Therapist and Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant ..................... $ 125.00 2. Initial licensure fee, Licensed Physical Therapist: i. If paid …

Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:39A-1.4 Recodified to N.J.A.C. 13:39A-1.3 and amended by R.1996 d.325, effective 7/15/1996. See: 28 N.J.R. 1925(b), 28 N.J.R. 3598(b). Section was "Fees and charges".

(a) The purpose of this subchapter is to implement the provisions of P.L. 2017, c. 117 (N.J.S.A. 45:1-61 et seq.), which authorizes healthcare providers to engage in telemedicine and telehealth. (b) This subchapter shall apply to all persons who are licensed by the Board as licen…

The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. "Asynchronous store-and-forward" means the acquisition and transmission of images, diagnostics, data, and medical information either to …

(a) Prior to providing services through telemedicine or telehealth, a licensed physical therapist or licensed physical therapist assistant shall determine whether providing those services through telemedicine or telehealth would be consistent with the standard of care applicable …

(a) Prior to providing services through telemedicine or telehealth, a licensed physical therapist or licensed physical therapist assistant shall establish a licensed physical therapist or licensed physical therapist assistant-patient relationship by: 1. Identifying the patient wi…

(a) As long as a licensed physical therapist or licensed physical therapist assistant has satisfied the requirements of N.J.A.C. 13:39A-10.4, a licensed physical therapist or licensed physical therapist assistant may provide health care services to a patient through the use of te…

A licensed physical therapist or licensed physical therapist assistant who provides services through telemedicine or telehealth shall maintain a record of the care provided to a patient. Such records shall comply with the requirements of N.J.A.C. 13:39A-3.1 and all other applicab…

(a) In order to establish that a licensed physical therapist or licensed physical therapist assistant has made a good faith effort to prevent fraud and abuse when providing services through telemedicine or telehealth, a licensed physical therapist or licensed physical therapist a…

(a) Licensed physical therapists or licensed physical therapist assistants who communicate with patients by electronic communications other than telephone or facsimile shall establish written privacy practices that are consistent with Federal standards under 45 CFR Parts 160 and …

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. "Clinically supported" means that a licensee, prior to selecting, performing or ordering the administration of a diagnostic test, has: 1. P…

(a) A licensed physical therapist may engage in physical therapy and physical therapy practice. (b) The licensed physical therapist shall continually monitor the patient's response to care and modify the therapeutic intervention in a manner that is consistent with achieving the t…

(a) A licensed physical therapist shall perform wound debridement only after communicating with the patient's licensed physician or licensed podiatric physician. (b) A licensed physical therapist shall maintain documentation of the communication required by (a) above as part of h…

(a) A licensed physical therapist assistant may initiate physical therapy treatment only at the direction of and under the direct or general supervision of a licensed physical therapist. A licensed physical therapist assistant shall not initiate physical therapy treatment upon th…

(a) Licensed physical therapists may delegate the following to unlicensed persons: 1. Routine tasks relating to: i. The cleanliness and maintenance of equipment and the physical plant; and ii. The management of the business aspects of the practice, including scheduling appointmen…

(a) A licensed physical therapist shall refer a patient to a health care professional licensed to practice dentistry, podiatry or medicine and surgery in this State, or other appropriate licensed health care professional: 1. When the licensed physical therapist during the examina…

Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:39A-2.6

(a) A licensed physical therapist shall prepare and maintain for each patient a contemporaneous, permanent patient record that accurately reflects the patient contact with the licensed physical therapist whether in an office, hospital or other treatment, evaluation or consultatio…

(a) The purpose of this section is to identify for licensees of the State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners conduct which shall be deemed sexual misconduct. (b) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwi…

(a) A licensee who prepares a patient record maintained solely on a personal or other computer shall use a write-protected program which: 1. Contains an internal permanently activated date and time recordation for all entries; 2. Automatically prepares a back-up copy of the file;…

(a) A licensed physical therapist shall provide one copy of the patient's record of physical therapy treatment within 15 days of a written request by the patient or any person whom the patient has designated to receive that record. (b) Licensed physical therapists may require a r…

(a) Fees for physical therapy services shall be reasonable and commensurate with fees of licensed physical therapists offering like services or intervention in the geographic area and shall be in accordance with the provisions of N.J.A.C. 13:39A-3.6 prohibiting excessive fees. (b…

(a) Every licensee shall conspicuously display the following notices in a public area in all offices and health care facilities at which the licensee practices physical therapy: 1. "Physical therapists and physical therapist assistants are licensed by the State Board of Physical …

(a) A licensee shall not charge an excessive fee for services. A price is excessive when, after review of the facts, a licensee of ordinary prudence would be left with a definite and firm conviction that the price is so high as to be manifestly unconscionable or overreaching unde…

(a) All licensees shall notify the Board, in writing, within 30 days of any change in the address on file with the Board and shall specify whether the address is a residence or employment address. (b) Service of an administrative complaint or other process initiated by the Board,…

(a) The following acts or practices shall be among those deemed to be violative of N.J.S.A. 45:9-37.11 et seq., and to constitute professional misconduct pursuant to N.J.S.A. 45:1-21.e: 1. Accepting, or agreeing to accept, from any person, firm or corporation any fee, commission,…

All licensees shall conspicuously wear a name tag using the term "physical therapist" or "physical therapist assistant," as appropriate, whenever acting in that capacity. The letters on the tag shall be at least one-quarter inch in size. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:39A-3.9 New Ru…

(a) For the purpose of the Board's construction of N.J.S.A. 45:9-37.10, the following acts or practices shall be deemed to be the unlicensed practice of physical therapy: 1. Offering physical therapy examination, evaluation, instruction or intervention by means of advertisement o…

It shall be unlawful for a licensee to aid or assist any unlicensed person engaging in any of the practices identified at N.J.A.C. 13:39A-4.1. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:39A-4.2 Amended by R.2007 d.21, effective 1/16/2007. See: 38 N.J.R. 2990(a), 39 N.J.R. 222(a). Inserted "unli…