iHere are the most recent health care related regulatory developments as published in the New Jersey Register on March 16, 2015:
- On March 16, 2015 at 47 NJR 569, the State Department of Education published notice of its proposal of amendments to its rules governing health screenings for student athletes. The new rules implement the Scholastic Student-Athlete Safety Act, which requires student athletes in grades 6-12 to have a physical exam using a pre-participation physical examination before participating in school sports and to undergo a student-athlete cardiac screening pursuant to the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act. Under the proposed rules, a pamphlet will be developed to provide student-athletes and their parents or guardians with information about sudden cardiac arrest. The proposed rules and the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act require public and non-public schools to have automatic external defibrillators and to establish emergency action plans for responding to sudden cardiac events. The proposed rules will also require pamphlets to be distributed to parents or guardians concerning media violence.
- On March 16, 2015 at 47 NJR 604, the Division of Consumer Affairs published notice of its proposed readoption of its rules and the proposal of new rules governing controlled dangerous substances.
- On March 16, 2015 at 47 NJR 658, the Board of Respiratory Care published notice of its adoption of new rules governing the delegation of tasks by a respiratory care practitioner to unlicensed persons. The new rules will enable individuals delivering basic respiratory, non-assisted ventilation and oxygen equipment to demonstrate how to use of the equipment to patients when the equipment is being delivered to their home.
