New Jersey Revised Statutes § 26:2h-14.2 - Heat Emergency Action Plan.

26:2H-14.2 Heat emergency action plan.

2. a. Every nursing home as defined in section 2 of P.L.1976, c.120 (C.30:13-2) or licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.), every residential health care facility as defined in section 1 of P.L.1953, c.212 (C.30:11A-1) or licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.), and every dementia care home as defined in section 17 of P.L.2015, c.125 (C.26:2H-148) shall establish by written policy a heat emergency action plan which shall include those procedures to be followed in the event of a heat emergency in order to protect the health and welfare of its residents, and which shall be approved by the department. The department shall review a heat emergency action plan established pursuant to this act at least once in each year.

b.A health care facility included within the provisions of this act shall be required to notify the department immediately in the event of a heat emergency.

L.1984, c.114, s.2; amended 2015, c.125, s.4.


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