N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:19-7.2
The following words and terms shall have the following meanings when used in this subchapter unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Advisory board" means a group selected by the private career school consisting of three or more experts proficient in the subject area of the curriculum to be taught, whose responsibility is to evaluate the curriculum for reliability and validity and to make recommendations for revisions, if necessary.
"Certificate of approval" means the document that provides evidence of the private career school's approval to operate issued by the Commissioners of the Departments of Education and Labor and Workforce Development, as prescribed in N.J.S.A. 34:15C-10.1 and more fully delineated in this subchapter.
"Clock hour" means 50 to 60 minutes of class lecture, recitation, faculty supervised laboratory, shop training, clinical experience, and/or internship in a 60-minute period. It also means 60 minutes of preparation in a correspondence course or distance learning as defined by Section 600.2, Higher Education Act of 1965 as amended.
"Course" means an organization of subject matter and related learning experiences designed to meet an occupational objective offered for the instruction of students on a systematic basis. It does not mean workshops, seminars, or conferences that last no longer than three days and, although designed to teach specific skills that may be applicable in a work setting and may incidentally lead to or enhance employment opportunities, are not sufficient in themselves to be considered a component of an instructional program.
"Director" means the director of the private career school who is on site during the hours of operation and who is responsible for the total administration of only one school site.
"Instructional program" means the planned sequence of courses, services, or activities designed to meet educational and employment objectives.
"Internship" means a period of supervised practical training that is part of an approved program and offered at a site other than the private career school and meets the following criteria:
1. The internship is of a fixed duration, established prior to the outset of the internship;
2. The internship experience is for the benefit of the student;
3. The employer that provides the training derives no immediate advantage from the activities of the student and on occasion its operations may actually be impeded; and
4. The student does not displace regular employees of the internship site, but works under close supervision of existing staff.
"Private career school" is a privately owned postsecondary school that offers one or more occupational training programs and is a qualifying school as defined by P.L. 2005, c. 354.
N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:19-7.2