N.J. Admin. Code § 10:37G-1.2
The following words and terms, as used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Acute care" means community and in-patient psychiatric services designed to provide stabilization during the acute phase of psychiatric illness.
"Acute care system" means those services either contracted for or designated by the Division in consultation with the appropriate county mental health board or licensed by the Department as part of a geographic area's acute care services. They include, but are not limited to: screening center, affiliated emergency services, short-term care facility, inpatient psychiatric service, acute partial care, crisis housing, integrated case management services (ICMS), acute family support services, and programs of assertive community treatment (PACT).
"Assessment" means evaluation of the individual in crisis in order to ascertain his or her current and previous level of functioning, psychosocial and medical history, potential for dangerousness, current psychiatric and medical condition, factors contributing to the crisis, and support systems that are available for the purpose of developing an appropriate individualized treatment plan that concludes with treatment recommendations. Assessments may include, but shall not be limited to, nursing assessments, psychiatric assessments, psychosocial assessments, rehabilitation/creative arts assessments, and co-occurring disorder assessments, as further delineated at 10:37G-2.2.
"Assistant Commissioner for Mental Health and Addiction Services" means the Assistant Commissioner of the Department of Human Services responsible for the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
"Certified screener" means an individual who has fulfilled the requirements set forth in 10:31-3.3 and has been certified by the Department as qualified to assess a patient to determine if he or she meets the standard for commitment.
"Comparable STCFs" means:
1. Facilities in the same region;
2. Facilities which are similar in size; and/or
3. Facilities which serve similar populations (for example, urban, suburban, etc.).
"Consensual" means the type of admission applicable to a person who has received face-to-face assessments from a certified screener and screening psychiatrist at a designated screening center, which have determined and documented that he or she is dangerous to self, others, or property by reason of mental illness, and who understands and agrees to be admitted to an STCF for stabilization and treatment.
"Dangerous to others or property" means that by reason of mental illness there is a substantial likelihood that the person will inflict serious bodily harm upon another person or cause serious property damage within the reasonably foreseeable future. This determination takes into account a person's history, recent behavior and any recent act or threat.
"Dangerous to self" means that by reason of mental illness the person has threatened or attempted suicide or serious bodily harm, or has behaved in such a manner as to indicate that the person is unable to satisfy his need for nourishment, essential medical care or shelter, so that it is probable that substantial bodily injury, serious physical debilitation or death will result within the reasonably foreseeable future; however, no person shall be deemed to be unable to satisfy his need for nourishment, essential medical care, or shelter if he is able to satisfy such needs with the supervision and assistance of others who are willing and available.
"Department" or "DHS" means the New Jersey Department of Human Services.
"Designated screening service" means a public ambulatory care service designated by the Commissioner of the Department of Human Services and located in or adjacent to an emergency department in a general hospital, which provides mental health services, including assessment, screening, emergency, and referral services for mentally ill persons in a specified geographic area. A designated screening service is the facility in the public mental health care system wherein a person who may be in need of treatment at a short-term care facility (STCF) or a State or county psychiatric hospital or a unit in a special psychiatric hospital undergoes an assessment to determine what mental health services are appropriate for the person and where those services may be appropriately provided.
"Designation as a short-term care facility" means that a facility has received approval for a certificate of need (CON) application by the Department of Health in consultation with the Department of Human Services and that the Department of Human Services has determined that the STCF applicant meets all of the rules of this chapter and is authorized to begin operating as an STCF, provided that the unit also meets applicable Department of Health licensure requirements. The application for designation shall be submitted at least 60 days prior to planned implementation.
"Division" means the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
"DOH" means the New Jersey Department of Health.
"Integrated Case Management Services (ICMS)" means personalized, collaborative, and flexible outreach services, offered primarily off-site, designed to engage, support, and integrate individuals with serious mental illness into the community of their choice, and facilitate their use of available resources and supports in order to maximize their independence.
"Licensed independent practitioner" means an individual permitted by law to provide mental health care services, including, but not limited to, medication prescription privileges, without direct supervision, within the scope of the individual's license to practice in the State of New Jersey pursuant to 45:1-1et seq., and may include physicians and advance practice nurses with mental health certification.
"Mental illness" means a current, substantial disturbance of thought, mood, perception or orientation which significantly impairs judgment, capacity to control behavior or capacity to recognize reality, but does not include simple alcohol intoxication, transitory reaction to drug ingestion, organic brain syndrome or developmental disability unless it results in the severity of impairment as defined herein. The term mental illness is not limited to "psychosis" or "active psychosis," but shall include all conditions that result in the severity of impairment described herein.
"Patient protected health information" or "patient PHI" means all information, certificates, applications, records, and reports that directly or indirectly identify a patient currently or formerly receiving services, or for whom services were sought.
"Personal safety plan" means a plan in which a patient identifies those interventions or coping strategies that are most effective, as well as those which have been harmful.
"Progress notes" means recordings in the medical record that are legible, complete, dated, timed, and authenticated in written or electronic format by persons directly responsible for the care and active treatment of the patient. Progress notes should be goal-oriented and give a chronological account of how the patient is progressing toward the accomplishment of individual goals in the treatment plan.
"Psychiatric facility" means a State psychiatric hospital listed in 30:1-7, a county psychiatric hospital, a psychiatric unit of a county hospital, or a special psychiatric hospital.
"Psychiatrist" means a physician who has completed the training requirements of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the American Osteopathic Board of Neurology and Psychiatry.
"Recovery from a mental illness" means the deeply personal, unique process of changing one's attitudes, values, feelings, and goals, skill or roles to live a satisfying, hopeful, and contributing life even with the limitations caused by a mental illness. A recovery-oriented mental health system enables persons suffering from mental illness to live, work, learn and participate fully in their communities; and the recovery process enables a person to re-establish a sense of integrity and purpose and to live a satisfying, hopeful and contributory life, within the limitations of the illness.
"Rehabilitation/creative arts therapist" means a person who has a degree from an accredited institution of higher learning in a discipline with a defined course of study addressing assessment and treatment for persons with mental illness. The rehabilitation/creative arts therapist will be licensed or credentialed by the appropriate association or licensure or credentialing board, as applicable and except as approved by Department waiver pursuant to 10:37G-2.9. Rehabilitation/creative arts therapists shall include rehabilitation specialists, and/or art, music, dance/movement, drama, occupational, and recreation therapists.
"Short-term care facility (STCF)" means a closed acute-care adult psychiatric unit in a general hospital for short-term admission of individuals who meet the legal standards for commitment and require intensive treatment. The STCF shall be designated by the Department to serve a specific geographic area within the State. All admissions to short-term care facilities must be referred through a designated emergency/screening mental health service.
"Special psychiatric hospital" means a public or private hospital licensed by the Department of Health to provide voluntary and involuntary mental health services, including assessment, care, supervision, treatment, and rehabilitation services to persons with mental illness.
"STCF professional staff" means an individual with a master's degree from an accredited institution in a recognized mental health discipline or a staff member appropriately licensed or certified or regarded as qualified, in accordance with the highest professional standards, to provide such services.
"Systems review committee (SRC)" means a group of representatives of State and county hospitals, acute care provider agencies, family members and consumers, including STCFs, who, under the auspices of the county mental health board and the Division, participate in the monitoring of the acute psychiatric services system in a geographic area. These committees also recommend revisions to the acute care service delivery system for the purpose of improving the service delivery for the patients they share in common.
"Wellness" means a conscious, deliberate, active, and ongoing process of becoming aware of , and making choices toward , a more successful existence. It includes physical, emotional, intellectual, social, environmental, occupational-leisure , and spiritual dimensions, and incorporates disease prevention and health promotion approaches. A wellness lifestyle leads to positive outcomes that can be measured in terms of improved health status, greater productivity, enhanced social relationships, and participation in purposeful activity -- all of which provide meaningful opportunities for healing, personal growth, and an improved quality of life.
"Wellness and Recovery Action Plan" or "WRAP" means a plan designed by an individual to serve as a guide to maintaining or regaining wellness. A WRAP may delineate a description of the individual in a state of good mental and physical health, those wellness tools that must be used daily to maintain wellness, early warning signs predicting a decline, a crisis plan or Advance Directive to address illness, and a post-crisis plan.
N.J. Admin. Code § 10:37G-1.2