N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:58-1.5

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

Section 3A:58-1.5 - Services to children and youth

(a) The agency shall ensure that youth are provided age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate services, and shall implement written policies and procedures that address age grouping of available services for nursery (ages three to five), latency (ages five to 10), pre-adolescent (ages 10 to 12), adolescent (ages 12 to 17), and aging-out youth (above age 17). In those cases where it is determined that a youth receives services not with his or her chronological age group, written documentation shall be maintained in the youth's clinical record as to the justification for this decision.

(b) The agency shall develop and implement written policies and procedures for transitioning youth from one age grouping to another age grouping, as well as for transitioning youth to adult services.

(c) The agency shall be permitted to provide partial care services to youth who attain age 18 provided that such services are indicated on the treatment plan, and adequately justified as to need for continued services.

N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:58-1.5

Recodified from N.J.A.C. 10:37-12.5by R.2007 d.37, effective 2/5/2007.
See: 38 N.J.R. 2566(a), 39 N.J.R. 450(b).
Amended by R.2013 d.135, effective 11/18/2013.
See: 44 N.J.R. 2431(a), 45 N.J.R. 2429(d).
Section was "Age appropriate services". In (a), inserted "shall ensure that youth are provided age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate services, and", and substituted "his or her" for "their", "the youth's" for "their", and "for this decision" for "therefor"; and in (b), substituted "for" for a comma following the second occurrence of "as".