N.J. Admin. Code § 8:25-3.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 23, December 2, 2024

Section 8:25-3.1 - General care of campers

(a) The camp director shall state in writing the youth camp's policies and practices for the discipline of its campers and provide a copy to all camp staff.

1. Youth camp staff and campers shall be prohibited from taking the following actions against any camper: deprivation of food, isolation, subjecting to corporal punishment or abusive physical exercise, as a means of punishment.

(b) The camp director shall maintain reasonable groupings of campers, according to the age and the capabilities of each camper in all activities.

(c) Any camp owner, operator, director, counselor, or other employee who has reason to believe that a camper has been or is being subjected to any form of hitting, corporal punishment, abusive language or ridicule, or harsh, humiliating or frightening treatment, or any kind of child abuse or neglect by any person shall immediately report such allegations to the Department of Children and Families, child abuse hotline at 1-877-NJAbuse (652-2873) or TTY or TDD 1-800-835-5510.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:25-3.1

Amended by R.2009 d.66, effective 3/2/2009.
See: 40 N.J.R. 4888(a), 41 N.J.R. 1026(a).
In the introductory paragraph of (a), substituted "camp director" for "youth camp", "the youth camp's" for "its" and "provide a copy" for "furnished" and inserted "its" preceding "campers"; rewrote (a)1; in (b), substituted "The camp director shall maintain reasonable" for "Reasonable", inserted "of campers" and deleted ", shall be observed" following "camper"; and in (c), substituted "Children and Families, child abuse hotline at 1-877-NJAbuse (652-2873) or TTY or TDD 1-800-835-5510" for "Human Services, Division of Youth and Family Services, Office of Child Abuse Control at 1-800-792-8610 or 1-609-292-0617".