New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 68 - CHIROPRACTIC SERVICES › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 10:68-1.3 - 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 unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise.
"Chiropractor" means a doctor of chiropractic licensed to
				  practice within the scope of that license issued by the New Jersey State Board
				  of Chiropractic Examiners, or by a comparable State agency in the state in
				  which the chiropractor is located; and fulfills those qualification
				  requirements for certification as an eligible provider under Title XVIII of the
				  Social Security Act (Section 1861(r)(5) and
				  42
				  U.S.C. §
										1396d ).
"Chiropractic services" means those services personally
				  provided by the chiropractor which are limited to the adjustment and
				  manipulation of the articulations of the spine and related structures and whose
				  purpose is the relief of certain abnormal clinical conditions of the human body
				  causing discomfort resulting from the impingement upon associated
				  nerves.
"Clinical laboratory services" means professional and
				  technical laboratory services provided by an independent clinical laboratory
				  when ordered and provided by, or under the direction of, a physician or other
				  licensed practitioner of the healing arts, within the scope of his or her
				  practice, as defined by the laws of the state in which the physician or
				  practitioner practices; and when furnished by a laboratory that meets the
				  Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act of 1987 (CLIA). (See
				  10:68-2.4.)
"Consultation" means the advice, counsel, deliberation,
				  diagnosis, and proposed treatment by a specialist when and as requested by an
				  attending physician or the attending's own patient.
"Nursing facility (NF)" means an institution (or distinct
				  part of an institution) certified by the New Jersey State Department of Health
				  in accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:39 for participation in Medicaid/NJ FamilyCare
				  and primarily engaged in providing:
1. Nursing care and related services for patients who require
				  medical, nursing care, and social services;
2. Rehabilitative services for the rehabilitation of the
				  injured, disabled, or sick; or
3. Health-related care and services on a regular basis to
				  patients who because of a mental or physical condition require care and
				  services above the level of room and board. However, the nursing facility is
				  not primarily for the care and treatment of patients with mental diseases which
				  require continuous 24-hour supervision by qualified mental health
				  professionals.
"Residential health care facility" means a facility, licensed
				  by the New Jersey State Department of Health , which furnishes food and shelter
				  to four or more persons 18 years of age and older who are unrelated to the
				  owner and which provides dietary services, recreational activities, supervision
				  of self-administration of medications, supervision of , and assistance in ,
				  activities of daily living (ADL) , and assistance in obtaining health services
				  to one or more of such persons. As used in this chapter, the term "residential
				  health care facility" means a "boarding home for sheltered care" as defined by
				  the New Jersey State Department of Health (see N.J.A.C. 8:43).