N.J. Admin. Code § 8:61-1.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024
Section 8:61-1.1 - Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Adult" means a teacher, administrator, food service employee or other school staff member.

"AIDS" means acquired immune deficiency syndrome, a condition affecting an individual who has a reliably diagnosed disease that meets the criteria for AIDS specified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Public Health Service in the following volumes of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Review (MMWR): Volume 41 RR-17 of the MMWR published on December 18, 1992; Volume 43 No. RR-17 of the MMWR published on September 30, 1994; Volume 48 No. RR-13 of the MMWR published on December 10, 1999; Volume 57 No. RR-10 of the MMWR published on December 5, 2008; and, updates found at www.cdc.gov/mmwr.

"AIDS Drug Distribution Program" means the program by which eligible individuals will receive designated medications approved by the Federal Food and Drug Administration which have been recognized as either prolonging or enhancing the life of individuals with HIV infection from funds appropriated to the State from the Federal government.

"Clinical practitioner" shall mean any of the following acting within his or her scope of practice: physician, advanced practice nurse, physician assistant, registered professional nurse or certified nurse midwife.

"Department" means the New Jersey Department of Health .

"Full-time caregiver" means a foster parent(s), prospective adoptive parent(s), group home and treatment home parent(s), the medical director or other individual in other congregate care facilities responsible for the medical care and management of the child. This list is not exhaustive and may include relatives and family friends who are actively engaged in caring for the needs of the HIV/AIDS child.

"Need-to-know basis" means that a disclosure will occur only when necessary for the treatment, care, and overall health needs of the HIV/AIDS-infected child.

"HIV" means human immunodeficiency virus, the virus that causes AIDS and that meets the case definitions of HIV specified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Public Health Service in the following volumes of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Review (MMWR): Volume 41 No. RR-17 of the MMWR published on December 18, 1992; Volume 43 No. RR-17 of the MMWR published on September 30, 1994; Volume 48 No. RR-13 of the MMWR published on December 10, 1999; Volume 57 No. RR-10 of the MMWR published on December 5, 2008; and, updates found at www.cdc.gov/mmwr.

"Physician" means an individual currently licensed to practice medicine and surgery pursuant to 45:9-1 et seq.

"Student" means an individual entitled to enrollment in a public preschool, elementary, secondary or adult high school program, charter school, or a licensed school acting under contract to provide educational services on behalf of a public school district within the State of New Jersey and school programs operated by or under contract with the New Jersey Departments of Corrections and Human Services and the Juvenile Justice Commission.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:61-1.1

Amended by 49 N.J.R. 2796(a), effective 8/21/2017