New Jersey survey readiness
What New Jersey Department of Health can ask you for, each line cited — and the ones you can't yet produce.
What New Jersey requires
- Your fire and evacuation drill records for the period. Drills at the required frequency: At least one emergency-plan drill EVERY CALENDAR MONTH — twelve a year — rotated so that four drills fall on each working shift annually. At least one drill each year must cover a non-fire emergency: storm, flood, other natural disaster, bomb threat or nuclear accident. Each staff member takes part in a drill at least once a year. N.J.A.C. 8:36; drills and tests at N.J.A.C. 8:36-14.3
- Monthly manual pull-station test and fire-extinguisher visual inspection. Every calendar month the manual pull stations are tested and the fire extinguishers are visually inspected, and each is recorded. N.J.A.C. 8:36-14.3
- Joint drill with the fire department, and community participation. The facility must REQUEST of the local fire department that at least one joint fire drill be held each year. Once a joint drill is scheduled, the facility must notify first aid and civil defense agencies. The facility must also participate in community-wide disaster drills. These are outward-facing obligations — the plan has to name who makes the request and when. N.J.A.C. 8:36-14.3
- Generator, or transfer switch and wiring for a portable one. New Jersey law A-1341, signed December 9, 2015 after Superstorm Sandy, requires certain health care facilities either to have an emergency generator or to be fitted with an electrical transfer switch and wiring allowing a portable generator to be connected for back-up power. The second option is what makes this affordable for smaller buildings — but the switch and wiring must already be installed, not planned. New Jersey Law A-1341 (2015)
- Generator, or transfer switch and wiring for a portable one. NJ Law A-1341 (2015) reaches long-term care as well: an emergency generator, or an installed electrical transfer switch and wiring allowing a portable generator to be connected. New Jersey Law A-1341 (2015)
The evidence, and where it comes from
Every item above needs something you can hand over. The New Jersey fire drill log produces the drill record at the frequency this state sets, the emergency plan builder writes the plan itself from the same research, and the compliance calendar puts the life-safety tests on dates. Anything you record against the building shows up on the checklist already ticked.
Everything else we’ve researched about New Jersey
Same state, the problems either side of this one. Each carries its own statute and the date we last checked it.
- New Jersey deposit return law & letterThe landlord's deadline to return a deposit, and the itemized letter.
- New Jersey deposit demand letterFor the tenant: whether the landlord is late, and by how many days.
- New Jersey deposit deduction rulesWhat may fairly come out of a deposit, prorated by useful life.
A self-assessment against published rules, not a compliance determination. CompliMaint issues nothing — New Jersey Department of Health and your authority having jurisdiction do. Requirements we could not verify are absent rather than guessed at.
Questions people ask
- What does a New Jersey surveyor ask for on emergency preparedness?
- Your fire and evacuation drill records for the period (N.J.A.C. 8:36; drills and tests at N.J.A.C. 8:36-14.3). Monthly manual pull-station test and fire-extinguisher visual inspection (N.J.A.C. 8:36-14.3). Joint drill with the fire department, and community participation (N.J.A.C. 8:36-14.3). Generator, or transfer switch and wiring for a portable one (New Jersey Law A-1341 (2015)). Source: New Jersey Department of Health. Last checked July 2026.