Ambulatory Care Facilities / Surgical Centers

The state of New Jersey requires Ambulatory Care Facilities to become general members of a Maternal and Child Health Consortium within their region as a licensing requirement.

Regulation 8:43A—21.1

“An ambulatory care facility which provides family planning, prenatal, postpartum, and/or gynecological services shall comply with N.J.A.C. 8:43A-1 through 11 and 13 through 19, and subchapter 21. If the facility also provides surgical or anesthesia services then the facility shall also comply with N.J.A.C. 8:43A-12.

 

1. The facility shall be a formal member of a Maternal and Child Health Consortium, in accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:33C.”

 

Regulation 8:33 C-2.2 states:

All licensed ambulatory care facilities which provide routine prenatal and intrapartal care to low risk maternity patients and care to infants and families with children up to age 21 are required to become general members of a Maternal and Child Health Consortium.

The Northern NJ Maternal / Child Health Consortium would like to welcome you and invite you to become a member.

 

Membership benefits include:

Regulatory Compliance: to ensure Ambulatory Care Facilities / Surgical Centers are in compliance with and meet the standards of the regulation established by the Department of Health and Senior Services.

Market Development: To strategize and provide assistance to Ambulatory Care Facilities / Surgical Centers with marketing within the community.

Safety: To ensure that the Ambulatory Care Facility / Surgical Center is providing care to patients meeting all standards of safety such as Incident Tracking (to assist in establishing an incident tracking system in order to identify problems within the system and provide timely and accurate solutions).

Access:

• Education: To provide Ambulatory Care Facilities / Surgical Centers with access to Northern Consortium clinical conferences and in-service trainings on a variety of topics. To provide health seminars at your facility for the community you serve.

• Government Officials: To provide Ambulatory Care Facilities / Surgical Centers with increased access to legislators and to cooperate in advocacy efforts regarding issues related to maternal and child health care.

• Networking: To provide Ambulatory Care Facilities / Surgical Centers with a networking platform whereby they can come together to discuss regulations, business strategies, and other relevant issues.

 

For more information call 201-843-7400. Click here to print an application form.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Under Chapter 43A, “Manual of Standards for Licensing of Ambulatory Care Facilities,” several citations refer to this regulation:

 

 

 

 

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