[New]
The provisions of Chapter VI "Boarding Homes For Children" of
the New Jersey Sanitary Code will be enforced.
[1972 Code § 231.001A]
No person shall conduct or maintain a boarding home for children
without a license first having been obtained therefor from the board
covering all the premises to be so used.
[1972 Code § 231.001B]
Every application for a license shall be in writing and it shall
contain a full description of the premises and buildings intended
to be used for such purpose, the qualifications and training of the
person or persons in charge and satisfactory proof that each person
residing in the licensed premises, or otherwise employed thereat,
is free from communicable disease.
[1972 Code § 231.001C]
Every license issued under this section shall state the name
of the licensee, location of the licensed premises and the maximum
number of children that may be maintained, boarded or cared for at
any one time.
[1972 Code § 231.002]
a.
The following regulations apply to the conduct or maintenance of
boarding homes for children:
[1972 Code § 231.003]
a.
Every person who conducts or who is in actual charge of a boarding
home for children shall keep, or cause to be kept, a record wherein
there shall be entered the name, age, sex, color and religion of every
child cared for by such person or establishment, together with the
names and addresses of each of the parents of the child, the name
and address of the person placing the child in such boarding home,
the name of every child who dies while in such person's care,
together with the date and the cause of death, the name and residence
of the person who removes the child. This entry shall be made within
24 hours after such child is given out, taken away or disposed of
in any manner.
b.
All records required shall be accessible to the health officer of
the Board, or its representative, or to the representative of the
State Department of Health, for his examination, at any time.
[1972 Code § 231.004]
In addition to the right to revoke any license contained in
other provisions of this Code or any license granted under this chapter,
the Board may revoke a license for misstatement of material facts
in the application, or upon the failure of the licensee to furnish
proof to the Board that the licensee has deposited a surety bond of
$1,000 with the State Department of Institutions and Agencies for
each child boarded or to be boarded from outside of the State of New
Jersey, or upon the failure of the licensee to permit inspection of
the licensed premises or records by the employee of the Board.
[1972 Code § 231.006]
No normal child shall be boarded in any home where any member
of the family appears to be mentally deficient or where there is a
mentally deficient child.
