New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 55 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE FACILITIES › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 3A:55-1.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall
				  have the following meanings:
"Adventure activity" means a planned activity of a wilderness or
				  athletic nature that requires specially trained staff members and/or special
				  equipment that is utilized with children to assist in their development of
				  self-confidence and insight.
"Bureau" means the Bureau of Licensing of the Division of Youth
				  and Family Services, New Jersey Department of Human Services.
"Certificate of approval" or "certificate" means a document issued
				  by the Office of Licensing to a facility indicating that the facility is in
				  substantial compliance with all applicable provisions of this chapter, and that
				  there is no serious or imminent hazard that exists in the facility affecting the
				  children.
"Chapter" means the rules contained in the Manual of Requirements
				  for Residential Child Care Facilities, as specified in 3A:55-1.1 to 10.25 and
				  reflect provisions that constitute minimum baseline requirements below which no
				  facility that is subject to the authority of
				  30:1-14 and
				  30:4C-4 is legally permitted to
				  operate.
"Child" means any person who is under 18 years of age or any
				  person between the ages of 18 and 21 who is under the supervision of the Division in
				  placement in a residential child care facility.
"Denial of a certificate" means the withholding by the Office of
				  Licensing of an initial certificate of approval for which a facility has
				  applied.
"Department" means the New Jersey Department of Children and
				  Families.
"Director" means the on-site staff member responsible for the
				  daily operation and management of the facility.
"Division" means the Division of Child Protection and Permanency,
				  New Jersey Department of Children and Families.
"Exclusion" means the removal of a child to an area or room in the
				  facility where there is limited or no stimulation. This removal is a therapeutic
				  intervention and a time for the child to reflect on his or her behavior in order to
				  gain control so he or she can return to the other children.
"Infant" means any person who is under the care of his or her
				  adolescent mother in a facility serving adolescent mothers.
"Parent" means a birth or adoptive parent, legal guardian, or any
				  other person having responsibility for, or custody of, a child.
"Person" means any individual, agency, corporation, company,
				  association, organization, society, firm, partnership, joint stock company, the
				  State or any political subdivision thereof.
"Placing agency" means an agency that assumes responsibility for
				  payment of room and board for a child placed in a facility.
"Refusal to renew a certificate" means the non-issuance of a
				  certificate of approval by the Office of Licensing to a facility after its existing
				  certificate has expired.
"Regular certificate of approval" or "regular certificate" means a
				  document issued by the Bureau to a facility indicating that the facility is in full
				  compliance with all applicable provisions of this chapter.
"Restraint" means the holding of a child so that he or she cannot
				  move all or part of his or her body.
"Restrictive behavior management practice" means the use of
				  restraint, exclusion, mechanical restraint and a behavior management room as part of
				  a comprehensive treatment plan to help the child develop self-control, to reduce
				  maladaptive behavior, to protect the child and others from harm or to prevent
				  serious disruption to the therapeutic environment.
"Revocation of a certificate" means a permanent removal of a
				  facility's current certificate of approval to operate.
"Shall" denotes a provision of this chapter that a facility must
				  meet to qualify for a certificate of approval.
"Should" denotes a recommendation reflecting goals towards which a
				  facility is encouraged to work.
"Staff member" or "staff" means any person employed by or working
				  for or at a facility on a regularly scheduled basis. This includes full-time,
				  part-time, substitute, volunteer, student intern, contract or consulting personnel,
				  whether compensated or not.
"Suspension of a certificate" means a temporary removal of a
				  facility's current certificate of approval to operate.
"Temporary certificate of approval" or "temporary certificate"
				  means a document issued by the Bureau, to a facility that is in substantial
				  compliance with all applicable provisions of this chapter, provided that no serious
				  or imminent hazard affecting the children exists in the facility.