New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 43B - STANDARDS FOR LICENSURE OF ADULT FAMILY CARE CAREGIVERS AND SPONSOR AGENCIES › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 8:43B-1.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The following words
				and terms, as used in this chapter, shall have the meanings established in the Act,
				specifically at
				N.J.S.A.
				26:2Y-3, unless the context clearly indicates
				otherwise:
"Activities of daily living" or "ADLs";
"Adult family care" or "AFC";
"Adult family care caregiver," provided the term includes a
				  substitute AFC caregiver;
"Adult family care home" or "AFC home";
"Adult family care sponsor agency" or "AFC sponsor agency" or
				  "sponsor agency";
"Client";
"Commissioner";
"Department," provided that the address of the Department for
				  purposes of submissions that this chapter requires is:
Certificate of Need and Healthcare Facility Licensure
				  Program
Certificate of Need and Licensing Division
NJ Department of Health
PO Box 358
Trenton, NJ 08625-0358; and
"Elder."
(b)
				The following words and terms, as used in this chapter, shall have the following
				meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Act" means the New Jersey Adult Family Care Act,
				  N.J.S.A.
				  26:2Y-1 through
				  26:2Y-11.
"Advance directive" means a writing executed pursuant to the
				  requirements of the New Jersey Advance Directives for Mental Health Care Act,
				  N.J.S.A.
				  26:2H-102 et seq.
1. An advance directive may encompass both the
				designation of a health care representative and a statement of personal wishes
				regarding health care in the event of loss of decision-making capacity.
"Advanced practice nurse" means a person certified as an advanced
				  practice nurse by the New Jersey Board of Nursing in accordance with
				  N.J.S.A.
				  45:11-45, the Advanced Practice Nurse
				  Certification Act, and
				  N.J.A.C.
				  13:37-7.
"Client representative" means an individual or entity who is
				  empowered by law, judicial order, power of attorney, or otherwise, to make decisions
				  on behalf of a client or a prospective client and includes a client's spouse and
				  immediate next of kin.
"Client service plan" means an individualized written plan based
				  on an assessment of the client's need for services that outlines the method proposed
				  to meet those needs.
"Conviction" means a finding of guilt by a trial judge or jury, a
				  plea of guilty, or a plea of no contest or similar pleading.
"Health care professional" means a physician, an advanced practice
				  nurse, or a physician assistant, licensed pursuant to Title 45 of the Revised
				  Statutes, acting within the professional's licensed scope of practice.
"Licensed practical nurse" means a person so licensed by the New
				  Jersey Board of Nursing pursuant to
				  N.J.S.A.
				  45:11-23 and N.J.A.C. 13:37.
"Licensee" means a person or entity that the Department licenses
				  as an AFC caregiver or AFC sponsor agency.
"Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine by the
				  State Board of Medical Examiners, pursuant to
				  N.J.S.A.
				  45:9-1 and N.J.A.C. 13:35.
"Physician assistant" means a person so licensed by the New Jersey
				  State Board of Medical Examiners, pursuant to the Physician Assistant Licensing Act,
				  N.J.S.A.
				  45:9-27.10, and
				  N.J.A.C.
				  13:35-2B.
"Registered professional nurse" means a person so licensed by the
				  New Jersey Board of Nursing, pursuant to
				  N.J.S.A.
				  45:11-23 and N.J.A.C. 13:37.
"Self-administration" means a procedure in which a client takes
				  medication orally, nasally, by injection or insertion, topically, or otherwise, by
				  the client administering the medication to the client's self.
"Social worker" means a person who is certified or licensed by the
				  State Board of Social Work Examiners, pursuant to the Social Workers' Licensing Act
				  of 1991, N.J.S.A. 45:15BB-1, and N.J.A.C. 13:44G, as a certified social worker, a
				  licensed clinical social worker, or a licensed social worker.
"Substitute AFC caregiver" means an individual who meets the
				  qualifications of an AFC caregiver in accordance with this chapter and is approved
				  by an AFC sponsor agency to be responsible for the care of a client during an AFC
				  caregiver's absence.