N.J. Admin. Code § 13:37-8.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 13:37-8.2 - Identification tags

(a) Each licensee shall wear an identification tag when engaging in the practice for which the individual is licensed. The identification tag shall be clearly visible at all times, and such tag shall bear the first name or initial, the full surname and the term reflecting the individual's level of licensure, for example, Registered Nurse or R.N. The letters on the tag shall be of equal size in type, not smaller than one-quarter inch. The size of the identification tag shall be equal to or greater than that of any other identification worn by the licensee.

(b) Where a general hospital requires a facility staff member who is a licensee to wear an identifying badge pursuant to P.L. 1997, c. 76 (N.J.S.A. 26:2H-12.8a), that staff member need wear only one identification badge, as long as the badge meets requirements of both P.L. 1997, c. 76 (N.J.S.A. 26:2H-12.8a) and (a) above.

(c) In order to protect his or her personal safety or to prevent the substantial invasion of his or her privacy, or to prevent the identification tag from causing physical harm to the patient, a licensee may request an exemption from the requirements of (a) above. Such requests for an exemption shall be made by the licensee in writing to the Board and shall set forth the reasons why wearing the tag would endanger the licensee's personal safety, substantially invade the licensee's privacy, or physically harm a patient.

(d) The exemption set forth in (c) above shall not apply to those facility staff members in a general hospital, where such general hospital requires a facility staff member to wear an identifying badge pursuant to P.L. 1997, c. 76 (N.J.S.A. 26:2H-12.8a).

(e) The exemption set forth in (c) above shall not apply to a nurse providing home-based services for a registered health care service firm who is required to wear an identification tag pursuant to N.J.S.A. 34:8-79.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:37-8.2

Amended by 48 N.J.R. 423(a), effective 3/7/2016