N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43E-1.3
The following words and terms, as used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Commissioner" means Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.
"Curtailment" means an order by the Department which requires a licensed health care facility to cease and desist all admissions and readmissions of patients or residents to the facility or affected service.
"Deficiency" means a determination by the Department of one or more instances in which a State licensing regulation or Federal certification regulation has been violated.
"Department" means the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.
"Division" means Division of Health Care Systems Analysis, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.
"Facility" means the entity which has been issued a license to operate a health care facility pursuant to 26:2H-1 et seq. For the purposes of this chapter, "facility" includes ambulance and invalid coach services.
"Immediate and serious threat" means a deficiency or violation that has caused or will imminently cause at any time serious injury, harm, impairment, or even death to residents or patients of the facility and therefore requires immediate corrective action.
"Patient" means an individual under the medical and nursing care and supervision of a licensed health care facility. For purposes of this chapter, "patient" is synonymous with "resident."
"Plan of correction" means a plan developed by the facility and reviewed and approved by the Department which describes the actions the facility will take to correct deficiencies and specifies the time frame in which those deficiencies will be corrected.
"Resident" means an individual residing in a licensed health care facility and under the supervision of that facility for the purpose of receiving medical, nursing, and/or personal care services. For purposes of this chapter, "resident" is synonymous with "patient."
"Survey" means the evaluation of the quality of care and/or the fitness of the premises, staff, and services provided by a facility as conducted by the Department and/or its designees to determine compliance or non-compliance with applicable State licensing regulations, statutes, or Federal Medicare/Medicaid certification regulations or statutes.
N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43E-1.3