N.J. Admin. Code § 10:7-7.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 12, June 17, 2024

Section 10:7-7.1 - Procedures for administering the county adjuster's office

(a) The county adjuster shall meet the appropriate records retention requirements specified by the State in the county adjuster's record retention schedule, by the county governing body and/or by the AOC. To the extent that any record contains personal health information, the county adjuster shall comply with the privacy provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ( Pub.L. 104-191 ), and shall take appropriate disciplinary action against any employee who wrongly discloses any such information.

1. The county adjuster shall ensure that these records are secured in accordance with the appropriate Federal and State confidentiality and/or access laws and regulations.

2. The county adjuster shall ensure that records to be microfilmed/fiched or data imaging processed are not destroyed until the microfilm/fiche or data imaging files have been returned from processing and reviewed. Such film or files shall be scanned for light spots, piggybacked items and illegibility. If a problem has developed, the original documents shall be reprocessed.

(b) The county adjuster shall serve as a member of the county Board of Social Services, as required by law (44:7-7 ). The county adjuster shall also serve as a member of other boards or committees as directed by their county government.

(c) The county adjuster shall conduct mental health searches of individuals seeking gun permits for any history of psychiatric admissions within the county, as required by law (N.J.S.A. 2C:58-3c ).

(d) The county adjuster shall participate, where appropriate, in guardianship proceedings. If the county adjuster has information regarding the appointment of a potential guardian that information shall be provided to the agency by the county adjuster.

(e) The county adjuster shall accomplish those office administrative duties that include, but are not limited to, the areas of personnel, payroll and budgeting as determined by the county.

(f) The county adjuster shall act as liaison between county government, the clients/LRRs, and the DHS agencies.

1. The county adjuster shall forward to the DHS, Office of Finance, each January, a current organizational chart of the adjuster's office with names of employees, their titles and their office phone numbers.

2. The county adjuster shall report all communication/cooperation problems with State agencies to the DHS, Office of Finance, to permit appropriate corrective actions.

3. The county adjuster may act as liaison with the AOC pertaining to involuntary commitments.

(g) The county adjusters shall also complete any number of additional responsibilities that the State, their particular county government, or AOC may assign.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10:7-7.1

Amended by R.2003 d.96, effective 3/3/2003.
See: 34 New Jersey Register 3181(a), 35 New Jersey Register 1276(a).
In (a), added the second sentence in the introductory paragraph.