N.J. Admin. Code § 10:41A-1.3
The words and terms used in this chapter shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Administrator" means the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a developmental center, the Community Services Administrator, or the Executive Director or CEO of a provider agency under contract with, or regulated by, the Division.
"Affiliated" means a member of the HRC who is an individual served by the Division, family member, guardian, employee of the facility, or a person who has a contractual relationship with the Division.
"Behavioral Support Committee (BSC)" means a group of individuals who have clinical expertise and experience in evaluating strategies and approaches to behavior change. The charge of the BSC is to make judgments and recommendations regarding the safety, effectiveness, duration and need for proposed behavior interventions that are restrictive or intrusive in nature. The BSC review provides for the level of due process subsequent to that provided by the individual's interdisciplinary team.
"Chief Executive Officer (CEO)" means the person having administrative authority over, and responsibility for, a provider agency under contract with the Division, a State-operated developmental center, or a private residential facility licensed under N.J.A.C. 10:47.
"Client record" means the organized compilation of documents that relate to the provision of services to an individual.
"Committee meeting minutes" or "minutes" means a tangible record of the HRC meeting. Minutes shall include, but are not limited to: the date and time of meeting, who called it to order, who attended, all motions made, any conflicts of interest or abstentions from voting, when the meeting ended, and who drafted the minutes. Minutes shall include a brief summary of each matter addressed, the discussions conducted, a short statement of each recommendation made by the Committee, and a brief explanation of the rationale for the recommendation.
"Community services administrator" means a person or his or her designee having administrative authority and responsibility over a community services unit.
"Consensus" means a general agreement acceptable to all HRC members present.
"Division" means the Division of Developmental Disabilities.
"Executive Director" means the person having administrative authority over a private agency that operates community-based program(s) regulated by, or under contract with the Division.
"Human Rights Committee (HRC)" means a group comprised of affiliated and nonaffiliated professionals, individuals served, advocates and/or interested persons from the community at large who function as an advisory body to the CEO, Executive Director, or Community Services Administrator, on issues directly or indirectly affecting the rights of individuals served. At least two members are impartial outsiders, in that they would not have an interest represented by any other of the required members or the facility itself.
"Interdisciplinary Team" means a group that consists of the individual receiving services, the plan coordinator, the legal guardian, the DDD case manager, the parents or family member (if the adult desires that the parent or family member be present), advocates and friends, those persons who work directly with the individual served, and professionals and representatives of service areas who are relevant to the identification of the individual's needs and the design and evaluation of programs to meet them. The individual may identify additional persons who shall be invited to attend and participate.
"Non-affiliated member" means a member of a committee who is not employed by the service component, facility, or agency. This includes members of the New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities or former residents and staff of the facility.
"Provider agency" means an agency or business that is under contract with the Division.
"Regional Administrator" means the person having administrative authority and responsibility over a region of Community Services.
"Restriction" means to place a limitation on an individual or group of individuals that prevents the carrying out of actions or activities and denies individuals their civil rights.
"Under contract" means a provider under a written agreement with the Division or a provider approved by the Division to provide disability services to individuals who are eligible to receive services from the Division.
N.J. Admin. Code § 10:41A-1.3