New Jersey § 45:8b-93
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 45:8b-93, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 45:8b-93.
As used in this act: “ Board ” means the State Board of Applied Behavior Analyst Examiners. “ Applied behavior analysis ” means the practice of designing, implementing, and evaluating instructional and
environmental modifications to produce socially significant improvements in human
behavior, including the empirical identification of functional relations between behavior
and environmental factors, known as functional assessment and analysis. Applied behavior analysis interventions are based on scientific research and direct
and indirect observation and measurement of behavior and environment. Applied behavior analysts utilize contextual factors, motivating operations, antecedent
stimuli, positive reinforcement, and other procedures to help individuals develop
new behaviors, increase or decrease existing behaviors, and emit behaviors under specific
environmental conditions. The practice of behavior analysis does not include psychological testing, diagnosis
of mental, physical, or speech language, hearing, and other communication and swallowing
disorders, neuropsychology, psychotherapy, cognitive therapy, sex therapy, psychoanalysis,
hypnotherapy, and counseling as treatment modalities. “ Director ” means the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law
and Public Safety. “ Licensed assistant applied behavior analyst ” means a person who holds a current, valid license to practice applied behavior analysis
under the ongoing supervision of a licensed applied behavior analyst pursuant to this
act. “ Licensed applied behavior analyst ” means a person who holds a current, valid license to practice applied behavior analysis
pursuant to this act.
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Section 45:8b-93 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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