N.J. Admin. Code § 13:35-2B.2
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicated otherwise:
"Board" means the State Board of Medical Examiners.
"Committee" means the Physician Assistant Advisory Committee.
"Designated physician assistant" means a physician assistant, other than a temporary license holder, who is assigned by a supervising physician or a physician designee to supervise a temporary license holder.
"Direct supervision" means supervision by a plenary licensed physician which shall meet all of the conditions established in 13:35-2B.10(b) or 13:35-2B.15, as applicable.
"Director" means the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs.
"Licensee" means a physician assistant licensed pursuant to this subchapter.
"Licensed personnel" means health care practitioners licensed in the State of New Jersey to perform specific duties in the health care field.
"Physician" means a person, either an M.D. or D.O., who holds a current, valid license to practice medicine and surgery in this State.
"Physician assistant" means a health professional who meets the qualifications under P.L. 1991, c. 378 ( N.J.S.A. 45:9-27.10et seq.), and holds a current, valid license to practice as a physician assistant in this State.
"Physician designee" means a plenary licensed physician who is assigned by the supervising physician in case of his or her temporary absence and whose scope of practice encompasses the duties assigned to a physician assistant.
"Supervising physician" means a plenary licensed physician in good standing who, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 45:9-27.18, engages in the supervision of physician assistants whose duties shall be encompassed by the supervising physician's scope of practice.
N.J. Admin. Code § 13:35-2B.2