N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43B-1.2
"Activities of daily living" or "ADLs";
"Adult family care" or "AFC";
"Adult family care caregiver," provided the term includes a substitute AFC caregiver;
"Adult family care home" or "AFC home";
"Adult family care sponsor agency" or "AFC sponsor agency" or "sponsor agency";
"Client";
"Commissioner";
"Department," provided that the address of the Department for purposes of submissions that this chapter requires is:
Certificate of Need and Healthcare Facility Licensure Program
Certificate of Need and Licensing Division
NJ Department of Health
PO Box 358
Trenton, NJ 08625-0358; and
"Elder."
"Act" means the New Jersey Adult Family Care Act, N.J.S.A. 26:2Y-1 through 26:2Y-11.
"Advance directive" means a writing executed pursuant to the requirements of the New Jersey Advance Directives for Mental Health Care Act, N.J.S.A. 26:2H-102 et seq.
"Advanced practice nurse" means a person certified as an advanced practice nurse by the New Jersey Board of Nursing in accordance with N.J.S.A. 45:11-45, the Advanced Practice Nurse Certification Act, and N.J.A.C. 13:37-7.
"Client representative" means an individual or entity who is empowered by law, judicial order, power of attorney, or otherwise, to make decisions on behalf of a client or a prospective client and includes a client's spouse and immediate next of kin.
"Client service plan" means an individualized written plan based on an assessment of the client's need for services that outlines the method proposed to meet those needs.
"Conviction" means a finding of guilt by a trial judge or jury, a plea of guilty, or a plea of no contest or similar pleading.
"Health care professional" means a physician, an advanced practice nurse, or a physician assistant, licensed pursuant to Title 45 of the Revised Statutes, acting within the professional's licensed scope of practice.
"Licensed practical nurse" means a person so licensed by the New Jersey Board of Nursing pursuant to N.J.S.A. 45:11-23 and N.J.A.C. 13:37.
"Licensee" means a person or entity that the Department licenses as an AFC caregiver or AFC sponsor agency.
"Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine by the State Board of Medical Examiners, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 45:9-1 and N.J.A.C. 13:35.
"Physician assistant" means a person so licensed by the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners, pursuant to the Physician Assistant Licensing Act, N.J.S.A. 45:9-27.10, and N.J.A.C. 13:35-2B.
"Registered professional nurse" means a person so licensed by the New Jersey Board of Nursing, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 45:11-23 and N.J.A.C. 13:37.
"Self-administration" means a procedure in which a client takes medication orally, nasally, by injection or insertion, topically, or otherwise, by the client administering the medication to the client's self.
"Social worker" means a person who is certified or licensed by the State Board of Social Work Examiners, pursuant to the Social Workers' Licensing Act of 1991, N.J.S.A. 45:15BB-1, and N.J.A.C. 13:44G, as a certified social worker, a licensed clinical social worker, or a licensed social worker.
"Substitute AFC caregiver" means an individual who meets the qualifications of an AFC caregiver in accordance with this chapter and is approved by an AFC sponsor agency to be responsible for the care of a client during an AFC caregiver's absence.
N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43B-1.2