New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 34 - RULES FOR LICENSING NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATORS AND RULES REGULATING THE NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATORS LICENSING BOARD › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 8:34-1.2 - 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, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Address of record" means the home and work address designated by
				  a licensee, in writing.
"Administrative intern" means an individual participating in a
				  Board-approved administrative experience requirement in accordance with N.J.A.C.
				  8:34-4.
"Administrator" means an individual licensed as a nursing home
				  administrator.
"Administrator of record" means a licensed administrator who is
				  responsible for all aspects of the operation of a nursing home or a health care
				  facility with beds licensed pursuant to
				  8:39-9.2(a).
"Assistant administrator" means an individual employed in a
				  licensed nursing home who assists the licensed administrator of record in performing
				  the designated functions of that position, who has direct line responsibility to the
				  administrator of record and who may be participating in a Board-approved
				  administrative intern program to become a licensed nursing home
				  administrator.
"Board" means the Nursing Home Administrators Licensing Board,
				  created pursuant to
30:11-11
et
				  seq., and its designated staff of the Department , the mailing address of which is
				  Nursing Home Administrators Licensing Board, New Jersey Department of Health , PO
				  Box 358, Trenton, NJ 08625-0358.
"CEU" means continuing education unit.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department
				  of Health.
"Department" means the New Jersey Department of Health.
"Designee" means an individual whom the Commissioner, Board
				  Chairperson or Board Executive Director selects for a specifically delegated purpose
				  or assignment.
"Expungement" means the removal of information from the file of a
				  licensed administrator or an applicant for licensure, maintained by the
				  Board.
"Full-time" means at least 35 hours of work per week.
"Institution of higher learning" means an institution accredited
				  by the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education or its out-of-State
				  equivalent.
"License" means a credential issued by the Department upon
				  recommendation from the Board, which indicates that the bearer has been licensed by
				  the Board as meeting the requirements of this chapter.
"Licensed nursing home administrator" means an individual who
				  holds a valid New Jersey nursing home administrator license, regardless of whether
				  such individual has an ownership interest in such home or whether such functions and
				  duties are shared with one or more other individuals.
"NAB" means the National Association of Long Term Care
				  Administrator Boards, 1441 I Street, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20005, (202)
				  712-9040,
www.nabweb.org
.
"Nursing home" means a health care facility, or a complement of
				  beds in a health care facility, licensed pursuant to the Health Care Facilities
				  Planning Act, P.L. 1971, c. 136 and P.L. 1971, c. 138,
				  26:2H-1 et seq., and amendments
				  thereto, and N.J.A.C. 8:39, or an out-of-State nursing facility licensed pursuant to
				  Federal licensure standards and standards similar to New Jersey licensure
				  standards.
"Preceptor" means an individual who holds a valid New Jersey
				  nursing home administrator license whom the Board has approved in accordance with
				  N.J.A.C. 8:34-4.3 to be responsible for the training of an administrative
				  intern.
"Revocation" means a rescission of the authorization to practice
				  as a nursing home administrator.
"Summary suspension" means the withdrawal of the authorization to
				  practice as a nursing home administrator prior to a hearing before the Board or a
				  final determination by the Commissioner.
"Suspension" means the temporary withdrawal of the authorization
				  to practice as a nursing home administrator.