New Jersey § 45:8b-103
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§ 45:8b-103.
Nothing in this act shall be construed to apply to: a. the practice, activities, and services of qualified members of other professions,
including physicians, psychologists, psychoanalysts, marriage and family therapists,
social workers, professional or rehabilitation counselors, speech-language pathologists
or audiologists, or any other profession licensed by the State, provided that: (1) qualified members of other professions do not hold themselves out to the public
as possessing a license issued pursuant to this act or represent themselves by any
professional title regulated by this act; and (2) the services provided by qualified members of other professions are within the
boundaries of the licensed professional's education, training, and competence; and b. provided they do not represent themselves as possessing a license issued pursuant
to this act or represent themselves by any professional title regulated by this act: (1) family members of recipients of applied behavior analysis services who implement
applied behavior analysis treatment plans with the recipients under the extended authority
and direction of a licensed applied behavior analyst or a licensed assistant applied
behavior analyst; (2) paraprofessional technicians who deliver applied behavior analysis services under
the extended authority and direction of a licensed applied behavior analyst, licensed
assistant applied behavior analyst, provided that such paraprofessional technicians
use titles that indicate their nonprofessional status; (3) applied behavior analysts who practice with nonhumans, and who may use the title
“applied behavior analyst,” including applied animal behaviorists and animal trainers; (4) professionals who provide general applied behavior analysis services to organizations,
and who may use the title “applied behavior analyst,” if those services are for the
benefit of the organizations and do not involve direct services to individuals; (5) matriculated college or university students whose applied behavior analysis activities
are part of a defined program of study, course, practicum, internship, or postdoctoral
fellowship, if the applied behavior analysis activities under this exemption are directly
supervised by a licensed applied behavior analyst, psychologist or exempt professional
in this State, an instructor in a course sequence approved by the board, or another
qualified faculty member, provided that such students use titles that indicate their
nonprofessional status; (6) unlicensed persons pursuing experience in applied behavior analysis consistent
with the experience requirements of the board, if the experience is supervised in
accordance with the requirements of the board; (7) persons who teach applied behavior analysis or conduct behavior analytic research,
and who may use the title “applied behavior analyst,” if the teaching or research
does not involve the direct delivery of applied behavior analysis services to individuals; (8) applied behavior analysts or applied assistant behavior analysts who work in this
State not more than 10 consecutive business days, or not more than 15 intermittent
business days, in any 90-day period, if the analyst resides outside, and the analyst's
major practice is outside of, the State of New Jersey, and the analyst gives the board
a summary of qualifications and a minimum of 10 days written notice of the analyst's
intention to practice in the State under this section, provided the analyst: (a)
is certified or licensed in another state under substantially equivalent requirements
as an applied behavior analyst under this act; (b) is a Board Certified Behavior
Analyst, Board Certified Behavior Analyst-Doctoral, or Board Certified Assistant Behavior
Analyst; or (c) resides in a state which does not certify or license applied behavior
analysts and the board considers the analyst's professional qualifications to be substantially
equivalent to the requirements for licensing under this act; and is not adjudged
and notified by the board to be ineligible for licensing under this act; (9) employees of a school district, charter school, education services commission,
or private school in the performance of regular employment duties, if the provision
of applied behavior analysis services is only on behalf of the school employer and
remuneration for the provision of those services is provided solely by the school
employer; (10) persons who are working under the authority of or under contract with the Division
of Developmental Disabilities, in the Department of Human Services, if the provision
of applied behavior analysis services is only on behalf of or under contract with
the Division of Developmental Disabilities and remuneration for the provision of those
services is provided solely by the Division of Developmental Disabilities or one of
its contracted providers. This paragraph shall be in effect only during the first three years after the effective
date of this act; and (11) persons who are working under the authority of and under contract with the New
Jersey Early Intervention Program, in the Department of Health, if the provision of
applied behavior analysis services is only on behalf of or under contract with the
New Jersey Early Intervention Program or one of its contracted providers. This paragraph shall be in effect only during the first five years after the effective
date of this act.
Frequently Asked Questions About New Jersey § 45:8b-103
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Section 45:8b-103 is part of the New Jersey Statutes, the codified statutory law of New Jersey. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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