New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 121 - LICENSURE STANDARDS FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS › Subchapter 1 - LICENSURE OF MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS › Section 8:121-1.2 - 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.
"Affiliation agreement" means a signed agreement between the
				  mental health program and the Division wherein the program agrees to comply with
				  applicable licensing regulations and applicable program standards.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of
				  Health.
"Conditional license" means a license to operate a mental health
				  program under certain conditions for a specified limited time period of less than
				  three years.
"Deemed status" means that status granted to a mental health
				  program which has received accreditation by an accrediting body recognized by the
				  Department. In effect, the Department, through the granting of deemed status,
				  substitutes the standards of the accrediting body for certain selected Department
				  program standards.
"Department" means the Department of Health.
"Director" means the Director of the Division of Certificate of
				  Need and Licensing within the Department of Health, for which the contact
				  information is Director, Division of Certificate of Need and Licensing, PO Box 358,
				  Trenton, NJ 08625-0358.
"Division" means the Division of Mental Health Services within the
				  Department of Human Services.
"DMAHS" means the Division of Medical Assistance and Health
				  Services within the Department of Human Services.
"Full license" means a license to operate a mental health program
				  at a specific location for three years.
"Level I standards" means those standards with which mental health
				  programs must be in full compliance in order to be granted or to continue to receive
				  a Department license. Level I standards are those standards which relate most
				  directly to client rights, safety, and staffing. The list of Level I standards for
				  mental health programs may be found at
				  10:190-1.3.
"Level II standards" means all licensing standards not designated
				  as Level I.
"License" means a Department document that authorizes a mental
				  health program to operate.
"Licensure standards" means those rules promulgated by the
				  Department with which mental health programs shall comply in order to be granted a
				  license.
"Provisional license" means a license to operate a mental health
				  program at a specific location for a specified period of time until a full licensing
				  site review occurs.
"Purchase of service contract" means a contract between the
				  Division and a provider agency through which the Division pays for mental health
				  services on behalf of eligible consumers.
"Recognized accrediting body " means an organization that
				  accredits mental health programs, which the Department recognizes for deemed status
				  purposes. These organizations are the Joint Commission, the Council on Accreditation
				  (COA), the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, now known as
				  CARF International (CARF), and the National Committee for Quality Assurance
				  (NCQA).