N.J. Admin. Code § 13:34C-7.2
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Asynchronous store-and-forward" means the acquisition and transmission of images, diagnostics, data, and medical information either to or from an originating site, or to or from the licensee at a distant site, which allows for the client to be evaluated without being physically present.
"Committee" means the Alcohol and Drug Counselor Committee.
"Cross-coverage" means a licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor who engages in a remote evaluation of a client, without in-person contact, at the request of another licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor who has established a proper licensee-client relationship with the client.
"Distant site" means a site at which a licensee is located while providing alcohol and drug counseling by means of telemedicine or telehealth.
"Licensee" means an individual licensed or certified by the Committee.
"On-call" means a licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor is available, where necessary, to physically attend to the urgent and follow-up needs of a client for whom the licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor has temporarily assumed responsibility, as designated by the client's primary care licensed alcohol and drug counselor or other licensed healthcare provider of record.
"Originating site" means a site at which a client is located at the time that alcohol and drug counseling is provided to the client by means of telemedicine or telehealth.
"Proper licensee-client relationship" means an association between a licensee and client, wherein the alcohol and drug counselor owes a duty to the client to be available to render professional services consistent with his or her training and experience which is established pursuant to the requirements at N.J.A.C. 13:34C-7.4.
"Telehealth" means the use of information and communications technologies, including telephones, remote client monitoring devices, or other electronic means, to support clinical health care, provider consultation, client and professional health-related education, public health, health administration, and other services in accordance with the provisions of P.L. 2017, c. 117 (N.J.S.A. 45:1-61 et seq.).
"Telemedicine" means the delivery of a health care service, including mental health services, using electronic communications, information technology, or other electronic or technological means to bridge the gap between a health care licensee who is located at a distant site and a client who is located at an originating site, either with or without the assistance of an intervening licensee, and in accordance with the provisions of P.L. 2017, c. 117 (N.J.S.A. 45:1-61 et seq.). "Telemedicine" does not include the use, in isolation, of audio-only telephone conversation, electronic mail, instant messaging, phone text, or facsimile transmission.
N.J. Admin. Code § 13:34C-7.2