N.J. Admin. Code § 8:94-1.3
The following words and terms, as used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Act" means the Spinal Cord Research Act, N.J.S.A. 52:93E-1 et seq.
"Approved research project" shall mean as defined at N.J.S.A. 52:9E-2a.
"ASIA" means the American Spinal Injury Association, which has endorsed the neurological impairment scale published in the International Standards for Neurological and Functional Classification of Spinal Cord Injury.
"Assault and homicide circumstances" means the variables (if available) that were precipitating factors of the spinal cord injury. These factors are defined by the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) version 5 coding manual, incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented. To obtain a copy of the manual, contact the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MS F-63, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Atlanta, GA 30341-3717, or visit www.cdc.gov/injury.
"BLS/ALS dispatch" means the emergency medical services provided by trained and certified personnel, and includes basic life support (BLS) and advanced life support (ALS) services, as defined in 8:43G-12.13.
"Center for Health Statistics" or "CHS" means the Center for Health Statistics of the New Jersey Department of Health .
"Commission" shall mean as defined at N.J.S.A. 52:9E-2b.
"Department" means the New Jersey Department of Health .
"Electronic submission of data" means the transfer of data from a computer used by a reporting health care facility, or provider to a computer specified by the Commission through the use of a modem, magnetic tape, magnetic disk, or the internet.
"Fiscal year" means the 12-month period beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30 of each year.
"Grant" means an award of funds by the Commission following a competitive grant submission and review process.
"Health care facility" or "facility" means a facility licensed by the Department of Health and Senior Services pursuant to P.L. 1971, c. 136 (26:2H-1 et seq.), and any amendments thereto.
"Health care facility" or "facility" means a facility licensed by the Department of Health pursuant to P.L. 1971, c. 136 (N.J.S.A. 26:2H-1 et seq.), and any amendments thereto.
"Health care provider" or "provider" means a physician, podiatrist, dentist and/or chiropractor licensed pursuant to the provisions of Title 45 of the Revised Statutes.
"Hospital" means an institution, whether operated for profit or not, whether maintained, supervised or controlled by an agency of the government of the State or any county or municipality or not, which maintains and operates facilities for the diagnosis, treatment or care of two or more non-related individuals suffering from illness, injury or deformity and where emergency, out-patient, surgical, obstetrical, convalescent or other medical and nursing care is rendered for periods exceeding 24 hours, as defined in 8:43G-1.2.
"ICD-9-CM" refers to the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification, incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented. To obtain a copy of the ICD-9-CM, contact the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 5419, Hyattsville, MD 20782.
" ICD-10-CM" refers to the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification, incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented. To obtain a copy of the ICD-10-CM, contact the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 5419, Hyattsville, MD 20782.
"Institutional support services" shall mean as defined at N.J.S.A. 52:9E-2c.
"New Jersey Spinal Cord Research Fund" or "Fund" means the fund established pursuant to 52:9E-9. "Funds" as used in this chapter shall mean monies belonging to or drawn from the Fund.
"Qualifying research institution" shall mean as defined at N.J.S.A. 52:9E-2d.
"Registry Manager" means the entity or instrumentality designated to manage all aspects of the Spinal Cord Injury Registry by the New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Research and the Center for Health Statistics.
"Spinal cord injury" means an acute traumatic lesion of the neural elements in the spinal canal, resulting in temporary or permanent sensory deficit, motor deficit, or bowel/bladder dysfunction.
"Spinal Cord Injury Registry" or "Registry" means the central registry of persons who have sustained spinal cord injuries other than through disease, whether or not the injury results in a permanent disability, as established and maintained pursuant to the Act.
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