New Jersey Statutes Title 26. Health and Vital Statistics 26 § 2H-132.2

(1) require all administrative personnel and professional staff to complete an annual training on advance care planning, end-of-life care, and the use of advance directives and Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) forms;

(2) provide patients and residents, and their families, as appropriate, with educational materials on POLST forms, advance directives, and hospice and palliative care; and

(3) develop and implement policies to identify and address end-of-life care issues for patients and residents upon admission to the facility.

(1) issue a training manual via regulation to establish uniform policies and procedures that a facility, at a minimum, shall follow in order to comply with the requirements outlined in subsection a. of this section. A facility may implement policies and procedures beyond those issued in the department's manual, provided that such policies and procedures do not conflict with the department's regulations; and

(2) require a facility that fails to comply with the provisions of this section to submit a plan of corrective action to the department for approval, and may impose additional penalties or administrative disciplinary action as shall be prescribed by the Commissioner of Health by regulation.