N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43E-6.3
The following words and terms, as used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Pain" means an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage.
"Pain management" means the assessment of pain and, if appropriate, treatment in order to assure the needs of patients or residents of health care facilities who experience problems with pain are met. Treatment of pain may include the use of medications or application of other modalities and medical devices such as, but not limited to, heat or cold, massage, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), acupuncture, and neurolytic techniques such as radiofrequency coagulation and cryotherapy.
"Pain rating scale" means a tool that is age cognitive and culturally specific to the patient or resident population to which it is applied and which results in an assessment and measurement of the intensity of pain.
"Pain treatment plan" means a plan, based on information gathered during a patient/resident pain assessment, that identifies the patient's/resident's needs and specifies appropriate interventions to alleviate pain, to the extent feasible and medically appropriate.
N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43E-6.3