N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:1-2.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 11, June 3, 2024

Section 10A:1-2.3 - Chief Executive Officer

(a) Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 30:1B-1et seq., the Chief Executive Officer of the Department of Corrections is the Commissioner of Corrections.

(b) The Commissioner shall determine all matters of policy, procedure, regulation, administration, operation, programs, operating units, and correctional facilities within the Department of Corrections.

(c) Individuals, work groups, and/or committees at COHQ shall be designated by the Commissioner, as needed, to act on behalf of the Commissioner in the day-to-day operation of correctional facilities.

1. The Commissioner shall change or modify designated individuals, work groups, and/or committees, as necessary, for functional continuity, as well as the safe and effective operation of the Department.

2. Individuals, work groups, and/or committees at COHQ designated by the Commissioner with an expressed purpose of improving safety, security, and/or inmate rehabilitation shall have oversight authority to supplement and override committees based in correctional facilities, such as the I.C.C., that may be identified in Title 10A of the New Jersey Administrative Code.

3. These individuals, work groups, and/or committees at COHQ, designated by the Commissioner, shall define their purpose, scope, and responsibilities in internal management procedures or internal operations memos, as may be required by the Commissioner.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:1-2.3

Amended by 52 N.J.R. 2060(a), effective 11/16/2020