N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:58-1.3

Current through Register Vol. 57, No. 1, January 6, 2025

Section 3A:58-1.3 - Population to be served

(a) Agencies operating children's partial care programs shall have policies and procedures that give first priority for admission to youth who are diagnosed as seriously emotionally/behaviorally challenged and meet one or both of the following criteria:

1. Having previously resided in a treatment setting; or

2. By reason of serious emotional/behavioral disturbance, presently at risk of extended out-of-home placement in a treatment setting or of exclusion from the public school.

(b) Youth diagnosed as seriously emotionally/behaviorally challenged who do not meet the criteria in (a)1 or 2 above may be admitted provided that all youth referred who meet the criteria are given first priority for admission.

N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:58-1.3

Recodified from N.J.A.C. 10:37-12.3 and amended by R.2007 d.37, effective 2/5/2007.
See: 38 N.J.R. 2566(a), 39 N.J.R. 450(b).
In (a)1, deleted "Arthur Brisbane Child Treatment Center," and deleted "program" following "children".
Amended by R.2013 d.135, effective 11/18/2013.
See: 44 N.J.R. 2431(a), 45 N.J.R. 2429(d).
Rewrote (a); and in (b), substituted "emotionally/behaviorally challenged" for "emotionally disturbed"; and deleted the last sentence.