New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 68 - CHIROPRACTIC SERVICES
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 10:68-1.3 - Definitions
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Chiropractor" means a doctor of chiropractic licensed to practice within the scope of that license issued by the New Jersey State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, or by a comparable State agency in the state in which the chiropractor is located; and fulfills those qualification requirements for certification as an eligible provider under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (Section 1861(r)(5) and 42 U.S.C. § 1396d) .
"Chiropractic services" means those services personally provided by the chiropractor which are limited to the adjustment and manipulation of the articulations of the spine and related structures and whose purpose is the relief of certain abnormal clinical conditions of the human body causing discomfort resulting from the impingement upon associated nerves.
"Clinical laboratory services" means professional and technical laboratory services provided by an independent clinical laboratory when ordered and provided by, or under the direction of, a physician or other licensed practitioner of the healing arts, within the scope of his or her practice, as defined by the laws of the state in which the physician or practitioner practices; and when furnished by a laboratory that meets the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act of 1987 (CLIA). (See 10:68-2.4.)
"Consultation" means the advice, counsel, deliberation, diagnosis, and proposed treatment by a specialist when and as requested by an attending physician or the attending's own patient.
"Nursing facility (NF)" means an institution (or distinct part of an institution) certified by the New Jersey State Department of Health in accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:39 for participation in Medicaid/NJ FamilyCare and primarily engaged in providing:
1. Nursing care and related services for patients who require medical, nursing care, and social services;
2. Rehabilitative services for the rehabilitation of the injured, disabled, or sick; or
3. Health-related care and services on a regular basis to patients who because of a mental or physical condition require care and services above the level of room and board. However, the nursing facility is not primarily for the care and treatment of patients with mental diseases which require continuous 24-hour supervision by qualified mental health professionals.
"Residential health care facility" means a facility, licensed by the New Jersey State Department of Health , which furnishes food and shelter to four or more persons 18 years of age and older who are unrelated to the owner and which provides dietary services, recreational activities, supervision of self-administration of medications, supervision of , and assistance in , activities of daily living (ADL) , and assistance in obtaining health services to one or more of such persons. As used in this chapter, the term "residential health care facility" means a "boarding home for sheltered care" as defined by the New Jersey State Department of Health (see N.J.A.C. 8:43).
