New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 52 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILD CARE CENTERS › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 3A:52-1.4 - Definitions of other terms

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:
"Chapter" means the rules contained in the Manual of Requirements
				  for Child Care Centers, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52, which reflect provisions
				  that constitute minimum baseline requirements below which no center that is subject
				  to the authority of
				  30:5B-1 to 15 is legally permitted to
				  operate.
"Child" means any person under 13 years of age.
"Denial of a license or a Certificate of Life/Safety Approval"
				  means the withholding by the Office of Licensing of an initial license or
				  Certificate of Life/Safety Approval, for which a center 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 center.
"Early childhood program" means a supervised group program
				  serving six or more children under six years of age.
"Health care provider" means a physician, nurse practitioner,
				  physician's assistant, or other health care professional who is licensed or
				  otherwise authorized by the state in which he or she practices to perform the
				  applicable health care services specified in this chapter.
"Licensed capacity" means the maximum number of children a center
				  can serve in the rooms approved as licensed space by the Office of Licensing.
"Office of Licensing" or "Office" means the Office of Licensing,
				  New Jersey Department of Children and Families.
"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.
"Refusal to renew a license or a Certificate of Life/Safety
				  Approval" means the non-issuance of a license or a Certificate of Life/Safety
				  Approval by the Office of Licensing to a center after its existing license or
				  Certificate of Life/Safety Approval has expired.
"Regular Certificate of Life/Safety Approval" or "Regular
				  Certificate" means a document issued by the Office of Licensing to a center that is
				  eligible for such approval, indicating that the center is in full compliance with
				  N.J.A.C. 3A:52-1.1(c).
"Regular license" means a document issued by the Office of
				  Licensing to a center indicating that the center is in full compliance with all
				  applicable provisions of this chapter.
"Revocation of a license or a Certificate of Life/Safety
				  Approval" means a permanent removal of a center's current license or Certificate of
				  Life/Safety Approval to operate.
"School-age child care program" means a supervised group program
				  serving six or more children under 13 years of age who are enrolled in a public or
				  private school, when their classes are not in session. The term, school-age child
				  care program, may also include programs that serve: kindergarten children before or
				  after their regular school session; and pre-kindergarten children before or after
				  their regular school session if the pre-kindergarten children attend the program for
				  no more than three and a half hours.
"Shall" denotes a provision of this chapter that a center must
				  meet to qualify for a license.
"Should" denotes a recommendation reflecting goals towards which
				  a center is encouraged to work.
"Sponsor" means any person(s), corporation, or governing board
				  owning or legally responsible for operating a center.
"Sponsor representative" means any person who represents or acts
				  on behalf of a sponsor.
"Staff member" or "staff" means any person(s) employed by or
				  working for or at a center on a regularly scheduled basis. This includes full-time,
				  part-time, voluntary, substitute, contract or consulting personnel, whether
				  compensated or not.
"Suspension of a license or a Certificate of Life/Safety
				  Approval" means a temporary removal of a center's current license or Certificate of
				  Life/Safety Approval to operate.
"Temporary Certificate of Life/Safety Approval" or "Temporary
				  Certificate" means a document issued by the Office of Licensing to a center that is
				  eligible for such approval, indicating that the center is in substantial compliance
				  with N.J.A.C. 3A:52-1.1(c), provided that no serious or imminent hazard affecting
				  the children exists in the center.
"Temporary license" means a document issued by the Office of
				  Licensing to a center that is in substantial compliance with the applicable
				  provisions of this chapter, provided that no serious or imminent hazard affecting
				  the children exists in the center.