New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 8 - HEALTH
Chapter 17 - EARLY INTERVENTION SYSTEM
Subchapter 15 - PERSONNEL STANDARDS
Section 8:17-15.1 - Standards to serve as a practitioner within the NJEIS
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) The following requirements are applicable to personnel that work for provider agencies and are employed as practitioners to fulfill the early intervention service needs described in this subchapter.
(b) This subchapter identifies the procedures relating to the establishment and maintenance of qualifications to ensure that personnel carrying out the purposes of Part C are appropriately and adequately prepared and trained.
(c) Nothing in this subchapter shall be deemed to prohibit the use of paraprofessionals and assistants who are appropriately trained and supervised, in accordance with State law or rules, to assist in the provision of early intervention services to children with disabilities.
(d) Each provider agency shall develop and implement written policies to require personnel providing early intervention services for eligible children and their families to meet appropriate practitioner requirements established by the Department.
(e) Early intervention services shall be provided by qualified personnel, including: