In any instance where a case instituted under the Tenure Employees Hearing Law, 18A:6-10 et seq., or a charge filed by the Department of Children and Families Office of Licensing is based upon a case concerning allegations of child abuse and neglect instituted by the Division of Child Protection and Permanency or by the Institutional Abuse Investigations Unit, an order consolidating the matters shall be issued, and the Division of Child Protection and Permanency or the Institutional Abuse Investigations Unit shall be deemed to have the predominant interest with regard to issues relating to the charges of child abuse and neglect.
N.J. Admin. Code § 1:10A-17.1