New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 94 - ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION OF THE NEW JERSEY COMMISSION ON SPINAL CORD RESEARCH, THE NEW JERSEY SPINAL CORD RESEARCH FUND, AND THE NEW JERSEY SPINAL CORD INJURY REGISTRY › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 8:94-1.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, as used in this chapter, shall have
				  the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Act" means the Spinal Cord Research Act, N.J.S.A. 52:93E-1 et
				  seq.
"Approved research project" shall mean as defined at N.J.S.A.
				  52:9E-2a.
"ASIA" means the American Spinal Injury Association, which has
				  endorsed the neurological impairment scale published in the International Standards
				  for Neurological and Functional Classification of Spinal Cord Injury.
"Assault and homicide circumstances" means the variables (if
				  available) that were precipitating factors of the spinal cord injury. These factors
				  are defined by the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) version 5 coding
				  manual, incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented. To obtain a
				  copy of the manual, contact the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control,
				  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MS F-63, 4770 Buford Highway NE,
				  Atlanta, GA 30341-3717, or visit
www.cdc.gov/injury
.
"BLS/ALS dispatch" means the emergency medical services provided
				  by trained and certified personnel, and includes basic life support (BLS) and
				  advanced life support (ALS) services, as defined in
8:43G-12.13
.
"Center for Health Statistics" or "CHS" means the Center for
				  Health Statistics of the New Jersey Department of Health .
"Commission" shall mean as defined at N.J.S.A. 52:9E-2b.
"Department" means the New Jersey Department of Health .
"Electronic submission of data" means the transfer of data from a
				  computer used by a reporting health care facility, or provider to a computer
				  specified by the Commission through the use of a modem, magnetic tape, magnetic
				  disk, or the internet.
"Fiscal year" means the 12-month period beginning on July 1 and
				  ending on June 30 of each year.
"Grant" means an award of funds by the Commission following a
				  competitive grant submission and review process.
"Health care facility" or "facility" means a facility licensed by
				  the Department of Health and Senior Services pursuant to P.L. 1971, c. 136
				  (26:2H-1
				  et seq.), and any amendments thereto.
"Health care facility" or "facility" means a facility licensed by
				  the Department of Health pursuant to P.L. 1971, c. 136 (N.J.S.A. 26:2H-1 et seq.),
				  and any amendments thereto.
"Health care provider" or "provider" means a physician,
				  podiatrist, dentist and/or chiropractor licensed pursuant to the provisions of Title
				  45 of the Revised Statutes.
"Hospital" means an institution, whether operated for profit or
				  not, whether maintained, supervised or controlled by an agency of the government of
				  the State or any county or municipality or not, which maintains and operates
				  facilities for the diagnosis, treatment or care of two or more non-related
				  individuals suffering from illness, injury or deformity and where emergency,
				  out-patient, surgical, obstetrical, convalescent or other medical and nursing care
				  is rendered for periods exceeding 24 hours, as defined in
				  8:43G-1.2.
"ICD-9-CM" refers to the International Classification of
				  Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification, incorporated herein by reference,
				  as amended and supplemented. To obtain a copy of the ICD-9-CM, contact the Centers
				  for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, 3311
				  Toledo Road, Room 5419, Hyattsville, MD 20782.
" ICD-10-CM" refers to the International Classification of
				  Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification, incorporated herein by reference,
				  as amended and supplemented. To obtain a copy of the ICD-10-CM, contact the Centers
				  for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, 3311
				  Toledo Road, Room 5419, Hyattsville, MD 20782.
"Institutional support services" shall mean as defined at N.J.S.A.
				  52:9E-2c.
"New Jersey Spinal Cord Research Fund" or "Fund" means the fund
				  established pursuant to
				  52:9E-9.
				  "Funds" as used in this chapter shall mean monies belonging to or drawn from the
				  Fund.
"Qualifying research institution" shall mean as defined at
				  N.J.S.A. 52:9E-2d.
"Registry Manager" means the entity or instrumentality designated
				  to manage all aspects of the Spinal Cord Injury Registry by the New Jersey
				  Commission on Spinal Cord Research and the Center for Health Statistics.
"Spinal cord injury" means an acute traumatic lesion of the neural
				  elements in the spinal canal, resulting in temporary or permanent sensory deficit,
				  motor deficit, or bowel/bladder dysfunction.
"Spinal Cord Injury Registry" or "Registry" means the central
				  registry of persons who have sustained spinal cord injuries other than through
				  disease, whether or not the injury results in a permanent disability, as established
				  and maintained pursuant to the Act.