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.

The building

New Jersey requirements loaded — the rules below are New Jersey’s own.

0 of 30 ready.

30 of the outstanding items are the ones a survey opens with.

New Jersey — Assisted Living Residence / Comprehensive Personal Care Home

What New Jersey Department of Health can ask for, each cited. Checked July 2026.

Goes in the planIs the section written, and does it say what the rule requires?

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 · New Jersey Department of Health

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Must be filed or approvedWas it sent — and where approval is required, was it approved?

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 · New Jersey Department of Health

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Must be done, on a scheduleWhen did it last happen, and was that inside the interval?

Drills at the required frequency: At least one emergency-plan drill EVERY MONTH — twelve a year — rotated so that four drills fall on each working shift annually. At least one of the twelve must cover a non-fire disaster: storm, flood, other natural disaster, bomb threat or nuclear accident.

N.J.A.C. 8:36; drills and tests at N.J.A.C. 8:36-14.3 · New Jersey Department of Health

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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 · New Jersey Department of Health

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Must exist in the buildingIs it installed, and can you show it was tested?

New Jersey law A-1341, signed 9 December 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) · New Jersey Department of Health

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Records to retainHow far back can you produce the records?

Drills at the required frequency: At least one emergency-plan drill EVERY MONTH — twelve a year — rotated so that four drills fall on each working shift annually. At least one of the twelve must cover a non-fire disaster: storm, flood, other natural disaster, bomb threat or nuclear accident.

N.J.A.C. 8:36; drills and tests at N.J.A.C. 8:36-14.3 · New Jersey Department of Health

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Life-safety systems

The code-based tests a life-safety survey opens with. These are the starred ones — the full schedule is the compliance calendar.

Test record

NFPA 72 Table 14.4.3.2 (supervisory device testing) (2022) · national · keep: Minimum 5 years

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Certificate + inspection report

NFPA 72 §14.4 (annual ITM) (2022) · national · keep: Minimum 5 years

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Test record

NFPA 25 §5.3.3 / §13.7 (2023) · national · keep: Life of system

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Static + residual pressures; compare to prior; >10% drop investigated

NFPA 25 §5.3.3 (main drain quarterly where sole supply passes through backflow preventer or PRV) (2023) · national · keep: Life of system

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Pressures vs prior year

NFPA 25 §13.2.5 (2023) · national · keep: Life of system

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Written record for AHJ

NFPA 80 §5.2.1 (annual, 13 criteria) (2022) · national · keep: 3 years

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Report

NFPA 110 §8.3.1 (2022) · national · keep: Per authority

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Damper log with location, ID, pass/fail and corrective action.

NFPA 80 §19.4 / NFPA 105 Ch. 6 (2022) · national · keep: Until the next test, minimum 3 years

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Written report listing every damper by location with pass/fail

NFPA 80 §19.4 / NFPA 105 Ch. 6 (hospital 6-year interval) (2022) · national · keep: Until the next test, minimum 3 years

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Monthly firefighter service log.

ASME A17.1 §8.6.11.1 (2019) · state-governed · keep: Minimum 3 years

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Trip test report with trip time and water delivery time.

NFPA 25 §13.4.4.2.2 (3-year full trip) (2020) · national · keep: Minimum 3 years

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Tank inspection report.

NFPA 25 §9.2.6 (interior inspection) (2020) · national · keep: Until the next interior inspection

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Smoke control test report with fan and damper positions.

NFPA 92 §8.4.2 (dedicated: semiannual) (2021) · national · keep: Minimum 3 years

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Signed drill sheet: date, time, shift, participants, evacuation time.

NFPA 101 §19.7.1 / CMS LSC (2012) · national · keep: Survey cycle

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Signed drill sheet.

NFPA 101 §19.7.1 / CMS LSC (2012) · national · keep: Survey cycle

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Signed drill sheet.

NFPA 101 §19.7.1 / CMS LSC (2012) · national · keep: Survey cycle

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After-action report and improvement plan.

42 CFR §483.73(d)(2) (—) · national · keep: Minimum 3 years

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Signed HVA.

42 CFR §483.73(a)(1) (—) · national · keep: Minimum 3 years

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Dated plan revision.

42 CFR §483.73(a) (—) · national · keep: Minimum 3 years

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Dated plan revision and team roster.

ASHRAE 188 / CMS QSO-17-30 (2018) · national · keep: Survey cycle

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Readings against control limits.

ASHRAE 188 §7 (2018) · national · keep: Survey cycle

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Receptacle test record by room.

NFPA 99 §6.3.3.2 (12-month interval applies to receptacles not listed hospital grade) (2021) · national · keep: Minimum 3 years

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Rounds log.

NFPA 101 §19.3.6 (2012) · national · keep: Survey cycle

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Barrier log with locations.

NFPA 101 §19.3.7 (2012) · national · keep: Survey cycle

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Photo of posting with date.

29 CFR §1904.32(b)(6) (—) · national · keep: 5 years

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Temperature log by unit.

FDA Food Code §3-501.16 (cold holding, as adopted by your state) (2022) · state-governed · keep: Minimum 1 year

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Inspection report and corrective-action record.

Local AHJ (—) · local · keep: Minimum 3 years

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What New Jersey requires

Assisted Living Residence / Comprehensive Personal Care Home — Assisted living / residential care
  • Your fire and evacuation drill records for the period. Drills at the required frequency: At least one emergency-plan drill EVERY MONTH — twelve a year — rotated so that four drills fall on each working shift annually. At least one of the twelve must cover a non-fire disaster: storm, flood, other natural disaster, bomb threat or nuclear accident. N.J.A.C. 8:36; drills and tests at 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 9 December 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)
New Jersey Department of Health · checked July 2026
Long-Term Care Facility — Skilled nursing facility
  • 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)
New Jersey Department of Health · checked July 2026

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.

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.