N.J. Admin. Code § 8:121-1.2
The following words and terms, as used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Affiliation agreement" means a signed agreement between the mental health program and the Division wherein the program agrees to comply with applicable licensing regulations and applicable program standards.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Health.
"Conditional license" means a license to operate a mental health program under certain conditions for a specified limited time period of less than three years.
"Deemed status" means that status granted to a mental health program which has received accreditation by an accrediting body recognized by the Department. In effect, the Department, through the granting of deemed status, substitutes the standards of the accrediting body for certain selected Department program standards.
"Department" means the Department of Health.
"Director" means the Director of the Division of Certificate of Need and Licensing within the Department of Health, for which the contact information is Director, Division of Certificate of Need and Licensing, PO Box 358, Trenton, NJ 08625-0358.
"Division" means the Division of Mental Health Services within the Department of Human Services.
"DMAHS" means the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services within the Department of Human Services.
"Full license" means a license to operate a mental health program at a specific location for three years.
"Level I standards" means those standards with which mental health programs must be in full compliance in order to be granted or to continue to receive a Department license. Level I standards are those standards which relate most directly to client rights, safety, and staffing. The list of Level I standards for mental health programs may be found at 10:190-1.3.
"Level II standards" means all licensing standards not designated as Level I.
"License" means a Department document that authorizes a mental health program to operate.
"Licensure standards" means those rules promulgated by the Department with which mental health programs shall comply in order to be granted a license.
"Provisional license" means a license to operate a mental health program at a specific location for a specified period of time until a full licensing site review occurs.
"Purchase of service contract" means a contract between the Division and a provider agency through which the Division pays for mental health services on behalf of eligible consumers.
"Recognized accrediting body " means an organization that accredits mental health programs, which the Department recognizes for deemed status purposes. These organizations are the Joint Commission, the Council on Accreditation (COA), the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, now known as CARF International (CARF), and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).
N.J. Admin. Code § 8:121-1.2