N.J. Admin. Code § 8:63-1.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024
Section 8:63-1.2 - Definitions
(a) The following words and terms, as used in this chapter, shall have the meanings that N.J.S.A. 26:5C-26.1 establishes:

l "Authorized harm reduction services";

"Eligible entity"; and

"Harm reduction supplies."

(b) The following words and terms, as used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Act" means N.J.S.A. 26:5C-25 through 31.

"Administrator" means a person having the authority and responsibility for the operation of the harm reduction center and serves as the contact for communication with the Department.

"AIDS service organization" means a non-governmental organization that provides services related to the prevention and treatment of HIV or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

"Bloodborne pathogen" means "bloodborne pathogens," as 29 CFR 1910.1030 defines that term.

"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Health.

"Consumer" means a person who receives authorized harm reduction services from a harm reduction center.

"Delivery" means the provision of authorized harm reduction services and/or supplies by a staff member or volunteer of a harm reduction center to consumers at a location other than a fixed location or mobile access component of a harm reduction center, including by means of postal mail or another means of delivery.

"Department" means the New Jersey Department of Health.

"Division" means the Division of HIV, STD, and TB Services, of the Department, for which the contact information is Division of HIV, STD, and TB Services, Department of Health, PO Box 363, Trenton, NJ 08625-0363, telephone (609) 984-5874, electronic mail HRC@doh.nj.gov.

"Fixed location" means a building, structure, or other premises with a physical address at which a registrant regularly provides authorized harm reduction services.

"Harm reduction center" means an entity that the Department registers to provide authorized harm reduction services in accordance with the Act and this chapter.

"HIV" means human immunodeficiency virus, the etiologic virus of AIDS.

"Mobile access component" means a movable unit that provides authorized harm reduction services and/or supplies at one or more temporary locations by using a vehicle, such as a car, truck, van, trailer, or another movable unit.

"Needlestick injury" means a penetrating wound from a needle that may result in exposure to blood.

"Registration" means the Department's approval of an application for registration as a harm reduction center pursuant to the Act at N.J.S.A. 26:5C-27 and this chapter.

"Regulated medical waste" means "regulated medical waste" or "medical waste" as N.J.S.A. 13:1E-48.3 and N.J.A.C. 7:26-3A, particularly N.J.A.C. 7:26-3A.5 and 3A.6, define and describe that term.

"Secondary distribution" means the provision of harm reduction supplies by a consumer who obtained the supplies from a harm reduction center, and who distributes the supplies to other persons at a location other than the harm reduction center, provided the consumer is authorized by the harm reduction center of which they are a member to engage in such secondary distribution, and the consumer receives no compensation from any person for the act of distribution to others or for the distributed supplies.

"Sharps waste" means used needles, syringes, and lancets.

"Staff" means a person that works for a harm reduction center and receives remuneration or other tangible benefits from the harm reduction center for the performance of authorized harm reduction services on behalf of the harm reduction center.

"Viral hepatitis" means any of the forms of hepatitis caused by a virus.

"Volunteer" means a person that works for a harm reduction center who does not receive remuneration from the harm reduction center for the performance of authorized harm reduction services on behalf of the harm reduction center.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:63-1.2

Adopted by 55 N.J.R. 1478(a), effective 6/12/2023