New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 48A - BACKGROUND CHECKS › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 10:48A-1.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise.
"Archive request" means an excel spreadsheet submitted
				  electronically for a two-year Criminal History Record Information report
				  (CHRI).
"Assistant Commissioner" means the Assistant Commissioner of
				  the Division of Developmental Disabilities.
"Community agency" means a public or private agency under
				  contract with, or licensed by, the Department to provide services to Department
				  individuals who have developmental disabilities.
"Community agency board" means the board of directors of a
				  community agency.
"Community agency employee" means any individual, age 18 and
				  older, who is employed by a public or private agency under contract with, or
				  licensed by, the Department to provide services to Department individuals who
				  have developmental disabilities, and includes all personnel who may come into
				  direct contact with individuals who have developmental disabilities.
"Community agency head" means the person responsible for the
				  overall operation of the agency under contract with the Department.
"Community care residence" means a private house or apartment
				  in which a person 18 years or older is under contract with, or licensed by, the
				  Department to provide individuals with developmental disabilities or persons
				  with brain injury, with care and a level of training and supervision that is
				  based upon the documented needs of the individuals.
"Community care residence alternate" means a person 18 years
				  of age or older who has been selected by the applicant to provide care and
				  supervision for individuals who require supervision at the community care
				  residence.
"Community care residence applicant" means a person age 18 or
				  older who satisfactorily initiates and completes the application process in
				  order to obtain a license to operate a community care residence.
"Community care residence household member" means a person 18
				  years of age or older who resides in a community care residence, but does not
				  include the individual who is receiving services from the Department.
"Community care residence licensee" means a person who has
				  applied for and obtained a license to operate a community care
				  residence.
"DDD fingerprint liaison" means the staff person in the
				  Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) who directs the community agency
				  to transmit electronic requests to the live scan vendor.
"Department" means the Department of Human Services.
"DHS Coordinator" means the staff member in the Department of
				  Human Services Employment Controls and Compliance Unit (ECCU) who advises the
				  agency of the results of the criminal history background checks.
"Division" means the Division of Developmental
				  Disabilities.
"Under contract" means a provider under a written agreement
				  with the Division or a provider approved by the Division to provide disability
				  services to individuals that are eligible to receive services from the
				  Division.