Part 2 of our 2025 New Jersey Regulatory Update summarizes recently adopted rules and amendments affecting healthcare providers, long-term care facilities, residential operators, and licensed professionals.
To read Part 1 of our update, click here.
Sexual Misconduct Prevention
On May 5, 2025, the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Consumer Affairs, State Board of Medical Examiners (Board) published 57 N.J.R. 924(a), which amended N.J.A.C. § 13:35-6.15 requiring physicians licensed by the Board to complete two credit hours of mandatory continuing medical education on informed consent for sensitive procedures, sexual misconduct prevention, interacting with victims of sexual abuse or harassment, power dynamics in the healthcare field, bystander intervention, and human trafficking prevention. The rule identifies seven topics that must be covered by one or multiple courses. The full text of the adopted amendment and rule can be accessed here.
Physician, Midwifery, and Nursing Bias Education in Perinatal and Pregnancy Treatment
On May 5, 2025, the Board published 57 N.J.R. 927(a) amending N.J.A.C. § 13:35-6.15 to require physicians licensed by the Board to provide perinatal treatment and care to pregnant persons to complete one credit of continuing education on explicit and implicit bias. The training must address unconscious biases and misinformation in perinatal care, cultural competency, barriers to inclusion, reproductive justice, health disparities and maternal mortality, cross-cultural communication, organizational power dynamics, corrective bias-reduction measures as well as include a review of the annual New Jersey Maternal Mortality Review Committee report. The full text of the adopted amendment and rule can be accessed here.
Additionally, on May 19, 2025, and July 7, 2025, the Board and the State Board of Nursing adopted substantially similar amendments to the continuing education requirements for midwives and nurses, published at 57 N.J.R. 1027(a) (amending N.J.A.C. § 13:35-2A.7A) and 57 N.J.R. 1419(a) (amending N.J.A.C. § 13:37-5.3), respectively. The full text of the adopted amendment and rule for midwives and nurse can be accessed here and for nurses here, respectively.
Healthcare Service Firms Financial Reporting Requirements
On June 2, 2025, the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Consumer Affairs, published 57 N.J.R. 1160(a) amending N.J.A.C. § 13:45B-13.5A to require healthcare service firms to submit annual financial statements with registration renewals disclosing assets, liabilities, income, expenses, and revenue from the Medicaid Personal Care Assistance (PCA) program. Firms receiving more than $250,000 in Medicaid PCA revenue must periodically submit audit reports, while firms generating $10 million or more in gross income must submit annual audits with the firm’s registration renewal regardless of Medicaid revenue. Firms receiving less than $250,000 from Medicaid PCA and that generate between $1 million and $10 million in gross income must submit detailed compliance and financial review reports prepared, in part, by a New Jersey–licensed CPA.
The amendment also authorizes corrective action where a CPA identifies concerns regarding a firm’s financial viability and establishes ongoing audit obligations following such findings. Additionally, the rule clarifies audit requirements and permits parent organizations to submit consolidated financial materials on behalf of wholly or majority-owned subsidiaries. The full text of the adopted amendment and rule can be accessed here.
Lactation Rooms in Healthcare Facilities
On July 21, 2025, the New Jersey Department of Health, Division of Certificate of Need and Licensing (DOH) published 57 N.J.R. 1602(c), which adopted new rules at N.J.A.C. § 8:43E-15, which establishes standards concerning lactation rooms for breastfeeding persons utilizing on-site services at licensed healthcare facilities. The new rules were published in light of P.L. 2019, c. 242, codified at N.J.S.A. 26:4C-1 et seq., which requires healthcare facilities licensed pursuant to the Health Care Facilities Planning Act (N.J.S.A. 26:2H-1 et seq.), where practicable, to make at least one lactation room available upon request to any breastfeeding person who is utilizing on-site services and to post signage developed by the DOH regarding the availability of the room and how to access it. The rules also require the facility to train staff on the purpose, access, maintenance, and privacy of the lactation room. The full text of the adopted rules can be accessed here.
Rehabilitation Hospital Licensing Standards On August 4, 2025, the DOH published 57 N.J.R. 1695(a), which adopted new rules at N.J.A.C. § 8:43H, which establishes comprehensive rehabilitation hospital licensing standards. The rules reestablish minimum requirements to continue a high level of quality care for patients in rehabilitation hospitals. The rules contain 17 subchapters outlining existing and continued standards for licensing. The full text of the adopted rules can be accessed here.